A chill crawled across my arms even though Claire’s apartment was warm.
“Ethan?”
Her voice came from the bedroom.
I kept staring at the handwriting.
A second later, Claire stepped into the living room.
The dress fit her exactly the way I’d hoped it would.
Emerald green, just as I’d imagined when I returned to the boutique without her. Her dark hair was loosely pinned behind one ear, and she was still fastening the earring on the other side.
For a moment, she smiled.
Then her eyes landed on the photograph.
Her fingers remained frozen against the earring.
She never finished fastening it.
“Where did you get that?”
I nearly laughed.
“Your couch.”
Claire didn’t respond.
I lifted the photograph.
“Who is Nora?”
Her hand slowly dropped.
“Ethan…”
“No.” I pointed at the date. “Why did you write this the day we met?”
She looked toward the couch as if another explanation might somehow be waiting there.
Finally she said, “Because I knew who you were.”
I stared at her.
