The room shifted. Whispers spread. Someone gasped. Even the priest paused mid-sentence.
Ethan didn’t care.
“Traffic downtown is terrible,” he said casually, as if he’d just walked into brunch.
The woman beside him glanced around curiously, as though she were exploring a new place. As she passed me, she slowed—almost as if she might offer sympathy.
Instead, she leaned close and whispered, cold as ice:
“Looks like I won.”