Chapter 3

The girl was a new intern in his department, someone he'd been mentoring.

They had gone to a medical conference together, and he'd taken dozens of photos of her in different settings and different lighting, every shot carefully composed. He had no problem taking pictures of people. He just never took any of Claire.

Claire was calm that day. She said, "Ethan, I think we should break up."

He was washing his hands when she said it. His fingers stopped for a second, then went right back to lathering soap. He said, "Okay."

That was all he gave her. No…