#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

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

anything.”

not sure how silence will fix

need him to leave me alone. I’m not

always showing up

“How much time?”

I plant my hand on my chest and shove him back

He lets me.

he says. I know he’s talking about the argument,

and I can see it in his eyes. He really doesn’t like what he

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

left me all

your own fault,” I say.

place. He hovers in the doorway, but I turn

reach the landing

——————

Karl

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

The headache has been coming on

to be a

can’t help but think I deserve the pain. Maybe it’s some sort of

even happened, and now she

on my office door, and I sit up

“It’s open,” I call.

strides into the room. She gives me a narrow look

my chairs. I take another sip of my

need it.

drink and get up to get another. Drinking probably

it’s the only form of stress relief

as I pour another glass.

“No.”

walk back over to my chair. She watches me sit down,

clearly here to chew me out about something, but

favorite way to deal with me lately. She

really argue with her.

haven’t been easy since the divorce. But I’ve managed to

I’m getting pretty tired of her lectures. She’s just going to have

up Tiffany?” I ask with a

crosses her arms. “Maybe I just wanted

“Okay?”

made a fool of

eyebrows go up. “Is this

her, I take

liquid around, watching it slosh

“She was not

didn’t seem happy when

how they even got on the topic.

“I

says

her, actually. She was

“Adam. Her financé.”

whatever. They were dancing. They seemed pretty hot and

kind of thing I’d rather not know. The last thing I want to picture is

man. I really need to

my discomfort because a small smile emerges

obviously delighting in this.

myself to warn him. You know, after what she did to

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