Chapter 107 Ethan's Desperation

• “Meet me tonight.”
• The text from Ethan appeared on my phone screen, short and direct. He’d attached the address of some penthouse suite downtown, and while part of me wanted to ignore it, I couldn’t deny the curiosity bubbling beneath my resolve.
• Ethan had been spiraling for weeks. There was an undeniable sense of desperation to his behaviour, observable not just in his business decisions, but how he'd tried to find his way back into my life. All that meeting reeked of a game played for last resort on the brink and I could not help but look to the (card) table to see what he still thought he could play.