Chapter 22

Chloe told me you’d moved in with Renée.”

“You’ve spoken to her?”

“I went to your house.”

He studies the carpet for a moment. “Is she okay?”

I feel sick to my stomach. “No, she’s not okay, you fucking idiot. She’s having to travel to the other side of the world with a four-month-old baby on her own.”

“She doesn’t have to go,” Renée says.

I look at him, not her. “Maybe she felt the need to see her parents, to have some support after her husband walked out on her, you know?”

He lifts his gaze back to me. “It’s easy to pass judgment when you don’t know the whole story.”

“No, I don’t, because you haven’t told me. I thought we were friends. I thought you’d talk to me if you were considering something as serious as walking out of your marriage.”

“And have you lecture him about duty and responsibility?” Renée snorts. “Mr. Self-Righteous.”

“Renée,” he snaps.

“Oh, grow a pair,” she tells him. “Stand up for yourself.”

He meets my eyes and then drops his gaze again. And it’s then tha