Chapter 42 Did He Really Confess That?

• Maya found Bryan still in the living room of the enormous house. Her gaze was distant, lost—perhaps on the walls or the beauty of the place—but she didn’t know what to do or where to go. Joseph was in the bedroom that was supposed to be hers, naked, and there was no refuge from the impact he had on her emotions.
• “What happened, Maya?” Bryan observed her and noticed the confusion in her expression.
• “Joseph,” the words died in her throat as she remembered him, “is in the bedroom.”