Turning Tables

SERAFINA

He smiled sheepishly.

“I just brought it up because I thought it would be funny or something, but you seem really disturbed by it.”

I forced myself to respond. I didn’t want him to think I was jealous and desperate. I didn’t want him to see how much what he said, had actually affected me.

“No,” I said, shrugging. “I just thought it was something I should have known.”

I swallowed.

“I mean…