#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

at one point. He couldn’t have faked

it. There was a time when I meant the

for him,” Leah adds, probably noticing my skeptical

“You think?” I ask.

you married him. You had to dress the way he

to dress.”

me to dress too flashy. He

that’s what I did. At the time, I didn’t really mind. I

if I knew it would make

the black hair,” Chloe jumps in. I push my long, golden

It took me forever to get it back to my natural

loved the black

“He

too controlling,” Chloe

even to

him. I changed so much that when I look back at pictures from that

recognize myself. That’s why I hide all evidence of my

pretend it doesn’t

also hated when I cooked,” I say in a small voice, kicking

Karl never understood why

And, like everything else, I resisted the urge

so I could do what

Chloe says, gesturing to the crumbs on her

a good housewife, and I did whatever I could to

no reason that I can think of. And without

had no way to make a

I asked, he never

don’t know. Just thinking about the darkness I plunged

something heavy sit on my chest. My wolf took it just as hard, if not harder, and

in a coma ever

trash,” Leah

way too much of yourself, and he

settlement in the

“Now you have this great life you created

am happy,” I

and squeezes my hand. “And

says, pulling out

capital. It’s of

the capital

want to know,” I

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