*Claire*

The car ride back was, in a word, tense. Nathaniel and I were in the middle of a discussion about a life-altering change, and then he gets a phone call from some woman named Amber.

While I decided not to press him at the moment, as soon as we get back home, I decided that I need some answers. I did not want to ask questions in a heated or turbulent moment, but I have no secrets with Nathaniel, and I want to make sure that he feels like he can talk to me, which is a ...