Margaret considered that an unnecessary risk until he became successful.
“That sounds exhausting,” I said.
“Sometimes.”
I looked at him.
“Does Lauren know how you feel about it?”
“Yes.”
Then he smiled sadly.
“I don’t think she believed me.”
That made sense.
Lauren saw his family’s wealth as security.
Ethan sometimes experienced it as pressure.
Both were describing different parts of the same life.
Before he left, he looked at the photograph album on my table.
“May I see it?”