"Or she’s already divorced," a third added in a hushed tone. "Maybe she’s hiding from all of us."

Harry stopped in his tracks, his breath catching. Married? A sharp pang of jealousy struck before logic set in. He had no right to feel that way—not when he had been the one to disappear, leaving her behind.

Yet the thought gnawed at him. If she had been married, was she still? Had she been abandoned, just as he had abandoned her? Or was her husband planning to return?

Restlessness ...