#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

need space, Karl. Forcing me to talk every two seconds isn’t going

anything.”

silence will

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

if he’s always

“How much time?”

don’t know. Maybe forever.” I plant my hand on my chest

He lets me.

I know he’s talking about the argument, but also Adam. Karl was always

his eyes. He really

Karl has no right to get involved when he’s the one who

left me all

your own fault,” I say.

clicking into place. He hovers in

I reach the landing and look back, he’s

——————

Karl

my drink and rub my heads with my fingers. A dull pain pulses in my left temple,

it’s impossible to ignore. The headache has been coming on all day, and I

it’s going to be a rough

I deserve the pain. Maybe it’s some sort of karma. I hurt the person I

that never even happened, and

my office

“It’s open,” I call.

She gives me a narrow look as

my drink. Judging by the look on her face,

need it.

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

it’s the only form of

eyes track me as I pour

“No.”

the crystal decanter and walk back over to my

out about something, but it’s hard to

to deal with me lately. She thinks I’m spiraling, and I

really argue with her.

easy since the divorce. But I’ve managed to survive without Tiffany

lectures. She’s just going to have to let

I

“Maybe I just wanted to say hello to my

“Okay?”

cousin, who you made a fool

go up.

spoken to her,

came by last night.” I twirl the liquid around, watching it slosh up against the

“She was not

didn’t seem happy

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

“I didn’t think you guys were

says with a wave of her hand. “I was surprised to

was out with

“Adam. Her financé.”

were dancing. They

of thing I’d rather not know. The last thing

another man. I really need to do

prompt. She must notice my discomfort because a small smile emerges

obviously delighting in this.

myself to warn him. You know, after what she

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