ALEX.
"What’s going on with you and Elizabeth?" The question slips from my lips before I can stop it.
Ethan puts his hands in his pockets and straightens his posture before speaking. "She is someone very important to me. I fell in love with her when I was a teenager and I still hold her dear. I came back thinking I might have a chance with her." He shook his head. "But things didn’t turn out as I expected. As you can see, everything is very different now." He grimaces. "Despite that, I still care about her and hope to reconnect with her someday."
I feel my back tense as I hear him.
"Reconnect with her?" I questioned, tilting my head.
"Yes." He exhales. "As a friend, I know what she’s going through, and I don’t want to disrupt her life. She now needs to be calm for her own sake and for
