"It's not that I don't trust you—it's that you don't trust yourself. Rather than saying I abandoned you, it would be more accurate to say you've abandoned yourself. Jean, causing a scene like this will only make things more awkward. It won't change the outcome."
She shook her head violently. "It will! Ethan Ellsworth, choose—me or her. If you choose her, I'll jump from here. I'll die for you to see! I refuse to accept this. You loved me for so many years, how can you just say you don't love me anymore?"
Ethan Ellsworth, afraid of agitating her, could only say, "Come over here so we can talk properly, alright?"
"I'm not coming over! If we're going to talk, we'll say everything right here!"
Helpless, Ethan Ellsworth waited in silence for a few minutes. Mrs. and Mr. Grant arrived. They had already called Quentin Grant and told him to come back.
