Just illustrative.
“You humiliated yourself,” you say. “The coffee was only the punctuation.”
She nods. “I know.”
Silence stretches between you.
Then she says the thing you were not prepared for.
“He told me once that you built half this hospital.”
You blink.
Interesting.
“He said everybody thinks he’s the reason St. Catherine thrives,” she continues, “but that you’re the one who actually knows where the bones are.”
For one second, despite everything, you almost smile.
Bones.
That’s such an Ethan phrase. Slightly dramatic, annoyingly accurate.
Madison looks miserable.
“I hated you before I even met you,” she says.
