#Chapter 2 – He Is Trash
Abby

“Abby, these are so good,” Leah says, humming slightly as she chews her lemon poppyseed mu ffin.

They’re a specialty of mine.

Leah, Chloe, and I have a standing afternoon tea date in the capital. Once a week, we get together to

catch up on everything we’ve missed.

“Thank you,” I say, blushing slightly. I have a contract to provide desserts for this restaurant and a few

others.

“Your desserts are getting better and better,” Chloe adds. She’s already finished her blueberry scone

and has several others in a box to take home to her mother.

“All thanks to you guys,” I say. “You’re my first tasters after all.”

Leah wipes some stray sugar off the edge of her lip. “A role I treasure.”

“You’ll never guess who came into the restaurant the other night,” I say, doing my best to sound

nonchalant.

“Who?” Chloe asks, pushing her hair behind her ears.

“A member of Karl’s staff. He wanted to make a reservation.”

Leah looks up, closing the compact mirror with a loud snap. “Tell me you didn’t say yes to him!”

I laugh. “I told him we’re reserved three months out. He doesn’t stand a chance.”

Chloe grins and high fives me. Across the table, Leah gives me an approving look. “Good, I’m proud of

you, girlie.”

“I know you guys never really liked him…”

Chloe shakes her head. “I liked him at first, but he dragged you along way longer than he needed to.

He never treated you right.”

I sit back in my chair, trying to quell the rise of indignation. Far be it from me to suddenly stand up for

loved me at one point. He couldn’t have

up on it. There was a time when I meant

for him,” Leah

“You think?” I ask.

changed the minute you married him. You had to dress the way he wanted

to dress.”

that point. Karl never liked me to dress

what I did. At the time, I didn’t really mind. I was willing to do just

if I knew it would

started on the black hair,” Chloe

get

black hair,”

frowns. “He was

controlling,” Chloe

but I hate admitting it, even to them.

so much that when I look

I hide all evidence of my past life

pretend it doesn’t

in a small voice, kicking myself a

understood why I wanted to spend

studying instead. And, like everything else, I resisted the urge

so I could do what he

so talented at it,” Chloe says, gesturing

good housewife, and I did whatever I could

left me, for no reason that I can think of.

I had no way to make

he never told me why he decided to leave

still don’t know. Just thinking about the

sit on my chest. My wolf took it just as

in a coma ever

Leah says,

“You gave him way too

a good settlement in the divorce.” Leah

this great

am happy,”

squeezes my

wonder what he’s up to now,” Leah says, pulling out her phone.

him in the capital. It’s of

capital for an

want to know,” I say, waving

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