The basket in Sofia’s hand tipped.
A tub of yogurt rolled across the floor.
She didn’t move to pick it up.
“He was going to go through with it,” the woman said softly.
“If your grandmother hadn’t said anything, he would’ve married you. Lied to your face and walked out with everything.”
“I know all of this because I’m close with a co-worker who is friends with Ethan. He tells me everything they talk about.”
“When I saw you, I thought it right to check in.”
Sofia felt herself nod once.
She barely remembered driving home.
When she arrived, she sat in her parked car for ten full minutes, staring at the steering wheel, her heart pounding as if she had just sprinted up a hill.
And then, with a clarity she hadn’t felt in months, she turned the key and drove straight to her grandmother’s house.
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