1. Dinner date

Ava

I was a nervous wreck as I prepared for my date with Ethan. It’s been two weeks since I was discharged from the hospital and I was all better. The doctor gave me the clear and I even gotten

back to work a few days ago.

In the two weeks, a lot has changed. Letty and I have gotten closer and so has Ethan and I. He’d

asked me out a couple of days ago. I had agreed whole heartedly.

Ethan was good for my ego. He made me laugh and relax. With him I was at ease. When I was

around him I forgot about Rowan. I forgot about my broken heart.

“Hair up or down?” I ask Letty.

We were on video chat and she was helping me get ready.

If I was being honest, this is the first time I’ve ever gone out on a date. Like I mentioned before, I

wasn’t the kind of girl that boys asked out before.

When I was married, Rowan never took me out. In fact we never did the normal things couples did.

when they were in love. There was no dinner dates for me. It would be a surprise if Rowan even

made it home for dinner most days.

“Definitely up, you have a beautiful long neck, you should flaunt it.” Letty says pulling me out of

my thoughts. “Ethan will definitely imagine kissing it and running his tongue down it the entire

time.”

My cheeks color at the picture she painted. I was married for fucks sake, yet such a comment.

made me blush.

“I’m sure you’re exaggerating” 1 mumble, trying to Hide my embarrassment.

“No I’m not. You’re a beautiful woman and any man would be lucky to have you”

“I’m not beautiful” I say automatically. It was sort of a knee jerk reaction.

I wasn’t beautiful. I knew that. Hearing everyone tell you how beautiful your sister is, nails in that fact. It also didn’t help that other parents used to tell my mother that I wasn’t poised, elegant, neat or put together like Emma was

“Yes, you are…you’re the only one who doesn’t see it. All you need is a confidence boost and I

swear men will be scrambling and falling over themselves to have you”

I put my hair up in a messy bun, with loose tendrils framing my face.

I really wanted to believe what she said, but it’s hard to break years of beliefs Beliefs that were

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I sigh and push back the painful memories

“If you say so”

“I say so, now turn, I want to see how you look” she commands.

I didn’t want to go all out incase things didn’t go as planned, so I settled on a little black dress Something that I wasn’t used to. Rowan never took me out when we were married so there wasn’t any need to dress up.

matching black heels and

won’t be able to take his eyes off you” Letty says

you, Letty”

go, but I hope you have a wonderful time” she smiles kindly at me. “Let me

and

time, because my

one last look, I take my purse and head downstairs. I open my door to find a smiling and dashing Ethan with a bouquet of

well and looked mighty fine

Ava” he stares at me as

say

at taking compliments.

finger before handing

never once bought

like I was important to him. In his mind,

with.

me just put them in water and then we can leave” I turn

the flowers in a

excited at the same time. I didn’t know what to do or say. I mean what do you do

my element that I was afraid I was going to mess things

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though I’ve gone on more

breaking the silence.

laugh. Feeling relieved. The anxiety that had

at all…I was also hyperventilating. I’ve been nervous the whole

to focus on

my students were happy to have me back. They could tell that my mind

me out on

file a report repeatedly because I kept

that I wasn’t the only one that was

how our days were and I couldn’t help but

how things should have been with Rowan Instead he decided that

decided that I didn’t

“We’re here” Ethan says.

look at the place where we had parked. The restaurant’s name

before. I was also

I thought we could try it” he tells me as he turns off

he rounded the car then came and opened the door. He helps me

His hand at my

Anderson” Ethan

checks her list before

us, she keeps throwing glances at Ethan. I don’t blame her thought. Ethan

in a relationship, I would

us then leaves. A minute later, a waiter arrives with a bottle of wine. He

orders after pouring

a cop afford such a high end restaurant?” I wasn’t being rude or anything. I

curious.

looks like the kind of place

answering “You could say my parents are

“Parents?” I ask confused.

remember correctly, he told me his dad wasn’t in

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took out my dad, I was put into the system. I thought that

adopted by a really wonderful

The more I got to

you’re trust fund baby?” I

then you’re also a trust fund baby” he

him.

I tell him he

up my

was rich but when shit between me, Emma and Rowan went down, he

trust fund and cut me off his

after what

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