#Chapter 34: Tiffany Demands Answers
Abby

I climb back into my seat and give Adam an apologetic look. “Sorry,” I say.

He shakes his head. “Don’t worry about it. I have to get up early, anyway.” He adjusts his seat and

gives me a small smile.“I’ll stop by tomorrow night.”

“Promise?”

“I promise.”

There’s a brief silence. Adam gestures to the paper bag sitting on the center console. “Wanna bring

those?” he asks.

I shake my head. “Nah. You can have them. Thanks, though.” I give him a quick kiss, then climb back

out onto the sidewalk. He starts his car and backs out of the spot in a fluid movement.

Karl watches him drive off, then turns to look at me. I sigh and walk away from him. At what point is

going to get the hint, and just leave me alone?

I head for my apartment door, and he follows.

“Abby,” he says, reaching for my elbow. I pull my arm out of his grasp and spin around to face him.

We’re standing close again. Too close. His touch makes me recoil, especially after he just interrupted

an intimate moment between me and my fiance.

“Why are you here, Karl?” I growl.

“Freddy interrupted us.”

“There’s nothing else to say. I’ve moved on.”

His gaze narrows, almost as though he doesn’t believe me, but I continue. “I’m getting married, and I

have a life of my own. I don’t know why you’ve insisted on inserting yourself back into my life, but I’m

not interested in playing along anymore.”

He reaches out and wraps his hand around my arm. “You and I both know that’s not true,” he says,

dipping his head toward me. My breath catches in my throat.

“It is,” I insist.

“No, it’s not. You can make out with Adam all you want, but you and I both know it’s not enough for

you.”

I pull my arm free and take a step back. “You don’t know what you’re talking about.”

He rolls his eyes. “I know you better than you think.”

I turn from him and pull out my keys. He’s silent as I unlock the door, but I can feel him standing behind

me.

I yank the door open and walk into the building. He reaches for the door before it can close, and I force

face him. “I need space, Karl. Forcing me

anything.”

sure how silence will

Just give me time.” I need him to leave me alone. I’m not going to be

always showing up

“How much time?”

hand on my chest and shove him back through

He lets me.

hate this,” he says. I know he’s talking about the argument, but also

see it in his eyes. He really doesn’t like what he saw, but I don’t care.

to get involved when he’s the one who made baseless

all

fault,” I say.

swings shut, the lock clicking into place. He hovers in the doorway, but I turn and

the landing and

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Karl

sip on my drink and rub my heads with my fingers. A dull pain pulses in my

ignore. The headache has been coming on all

to be a

Maybe it’s

happened, and now she might

on my office door, and I sit

“It’s open,” I call.

the room. She gives me a narrow look as

of my drink. Judging

need it.

I finish my drink and get up to get another. Drinking

only form of stress relief I’ve

eyes track me as I pour another glass. “Want something?”

“No.”

on the crystal decanter and walk back over to my chair. She watches

me out about

to be her favorite way to deal with me lately. She thinks

really argue with her.

the divorce. But I’ve managed to

pretty tired of her lectures. She’s just going to have to let me

Tiffany?” I ask

crosses her arms. “Maybe I just wanted

“Okay?”

who you made a fool of

eyebrows go up. “Is this

spoken to her, I take

last night.” I twirl the liquid around, watching it slosh

“She was not

seem happy when

how they even got on the topic. Why would they talk about our divorce? “How

ask. “I didn’t think you guys were

other night,” she says with a wave of

her, actually. She was out with

“Adam. Her financé.”

They were dancing. They seemed pretty hot and

that’s exactly the kind of thing I’d rather not know. The last thing

man. I really

She must notice my discomfort because a small smile emerges on her

obviously delighting in this.

took it upon myself to warn him. You know, after what she

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