instinctively toward the entrance, her focus narrowing as she searched for the answer that would make everything feel normal again. What she expected to see was Daniel walking toward her, ready to bring the night back into alignment with everything she had believed it would be. Instead, she saw him walking in beside another woman, his expression calm, his posture steady, as if this moment had already been decided long before she arrived.
And then it happened in a way that didn’t require explanat