"I didn't know where you lived or what you were. Are you even thirty?"

He winced.

"Right." She pulled her hand away from his, but he reached out to grab it again, trapping it between his palms.

"Ella, I know. I know I hid things from you, but that was never my intention. It was never what I wanted."

"And yet you did it anyway. Greg, we have been friends for years! I thought I knew you, and now I'm finding out that I don't. I just went through the worst ...