Nobody laughed.
Nobody moved.
Ethan looked like someone had physically struck him.
He turned toward Vanessa.
“Is this how you treat people?”
She immediately started crying.
Not because she was sorry.
Because she was losing control.
“Ethan, you’re misunderstanding. I thought she was—”
“What?”
His voice became colder.
“Poor?”
Vanessa froze.
“Unimportant?”
The silence answered for her.
Ethan stepped back.