Morris POV
The drive home from Elise's show is in silence. I'm tempted to reach over and touch my wife, but I'm afraid she will reject my touch after everything that happened tonight. Hearing Elise say that she trusted me should have meant everything, but a part of me is worried she didn't really mean it. Was she just saying that she believed I didn't go there was a way not to give Loreli the satisfaction of seeing the pain her words caused?
Elise saying my name brings me out of my thoughts. My heart starts to pound against my chest as the panic of what she is about to say flows through me. I give her a quick look of acknowledgment before my eyes return to the road. Her expression gives nothing away. "Morris, I meant what I said back there. I know you didn't touch her" she says. I never
