Chapter 58 Mixed Signals

• "I just don't understand you, Ethan. You get all in one minute, and then in another-you're distant." Mia's voice shook with frustration as she bored her eyes into his while she paced the living room floor.
• Ethan leaned back against the couch, rubbing his temples. Everything weighed on him these days, for weeks it seemed. He just couldn't get Jasmine out of his head. And here was Mia, hurling her insecurities at him, wanting answers he wasn't ready to give.
• "I'm trying, Mia," he muttered, his voice devoid of conviction.