The Elephant in the Room

Rainey

We both stood there across the room from each other in perfect silence. The tension in the air thickened but I held on strong to my resolve.

He finally turned around, scrubbed at his chin and shoved his hands in his pockets. “I wanted to address the elephant in the room.”

Here it was.

“I have a hard time understanding why you left yesterday afternoon. I thought…” he paused and fixed me with his piercing blue-green eyes. “I thought we were on the same page with what was going on between us.”

“We were,” I said, lifting my chin. “But watching that woman throw herself into your arms changed everything.”

He cocked his head. “Anything that happens in my home is my business—”

“You were just kissing me,” I hissed, not wanting Sandra to hear our conversation.

“If you would let me finish,” he snapped.

I opened my hands in front of me. “Go ahead.” I wanted to see him explain himself out of this one.

“Natalia and I have known each other since we were young. She is like a sister to me and y