Seeds of Doubt

Clara's hand, holding the medical kit, froze.

From their hushed words, she pieced it together, Kaelen and Brooke, embracing at a bar. And Declan had seen it all.

Clara and Kaelen hadn't spoken in nearly a week.

'Is this the reason he's ghosting me? Because he was getting cozy with Brooke?' she thought.

A sharp pang of hurt shot through her.

'But he'd sworn there was nothing between him and Brooke.