MAXINE

My jaw must have been touching the floor. I couldn't hold back my surprise. I was short of words. Of all the things bothering her, I had never considered that Tobias cheating was one of them.

"What?" I asked. "How did you find out?"

For as long as I've known Tobias, I never for once thought that he was that kind of person. He seemed upright, with good values.

Well, I guess I wouldn't know. I had never really been in a relationship with him. Ella was the one. So, I wouldn't know ...