Amanda Jenkins turned her eyes away uncomfortably, avoiding his probing gaze.
Lucas Griffin spoke, "Do you want to ask me why I left without saying goodbye, why I haven't called you?"
Amanda Jenkins was startled.
He had noticed...
She looked at him, her nose tingling with emotion, "Lucas Griffin, that's too much, knowing all that and still..."
Suddenly she choked up, unable to continue.
In truth, she hadn't wanted to say anything.
She didn't want to question him like a complaining woman secluded at home, but now that he had brought it up, all her grievances came flooding out uncontrollably.
"I'm sorry." Lucas Griffin stood up and embraced her, his cold, thin lips touching her forehead. "This time, things were too urgent. I was just too busy to make the time."
That night, when he saw the information about Ethan Jenkins, it felt like his whole world was turned upside down.