She looked up at him, forcing herself to keep the smile on her face. But damn it, tears still welled up in her eyes anyway. The pain in her chest felt like her heart was being shredded to pieces.

Samuel stared back at her. Seeing tears in her eyes while she pretended nothing was wrong, joking about him and another woman - it felt like a thousand arrows piercing his heart.

Unconsciously, he started to explain, "Look Eli, about earlier..."

"Mr. Nelson, if ...