She paused. The sting of what happened had only dulled a little. When she thought about Max and Tess, her heart felt like it was aching.

Liz lowered her gaze to the words on her page, her expression sobering a bit. "I found out my boyfriend back home got another girl pregnant." Max wasn't technically her boyfriend anymore, not how she left things, but it was hard to think of him as an ex.

She forced the words out. "Ex boyfriend."