"You don't think..." Cadence asked, just a few seconds before she had confirmed for Elliott that Aaron must be with Eliza.

"Yes, I do," Elliott nodded, asking the bartender to refill his drink.

Though the thought had crossed her mind when Elliott had first said Aaron wasn't answering the IAC, she had said it out of snarkiness more than anything else. Now that he confirmed her initial reaction, she felt like she was going to be sick. "Surely not," she said. She was standing now ...