heard Ethan speaking urgently in the kitchen.
“She thinks I don’t want to marry her,” he said.
Dad sighed. “Give her time.”
“I’ve already given you three years, Robert! I bought the engagement ring years ago. I can’t propose until you tell her the truth.”
I froze halfway down the stairs.
What truth?
Then Dad replied, “If I tell her, you’ll have to confess what you’ve been hiding too.”
My heart raced.
I walked into the kitchen.
“What exactly have you two been keeping from me?”
Both men went pale.