Chapter 111. Never Crippled

“Jane? What are you doing back home? We were supposed…”

“You can walk?” Her eyes trailed from his feet up to his face to look into his eyes.

Ethan felt his strength leave his body at her gaze, he couldn't keep lying to her… she would know. She was a medical student.

“Since when? And you better not lie to me Ethan.” Tears gathered in her eyes but she stubbornly refused to let them fall and that was his undoing…

Plus she called him by his name! She always called him ‘Dear’.

“Since… ever,” he swallowed through a lump that was suddenly lodged at his throat as he watched her tears fall while he watched her shake her head in disbelief.

“All this time… it was a lie?” She broke down and sank to the floor while Bruce let himself out without either of them noticing.

“Jane…”

“Don't… don't take another step, I want you to stay away from me. I can't even look at you.”

The disappointment was present in her eyes and her voice, more