“What I want is for her life to remain safe and ordinary.”

“Then we want the same thing.”

“We’ve never meant the same thing by safe.”

His gaze held mine. “Perhaps we should finally find out why.”

I left before he could say more.

Chapter 12 — The Photograph He Kept

Two hours later, Ethan was admitted overnight. His blood tests showed no heart attack, but the echocardiogram revealed a mild abnormality in the motion of one section of his heart wall.