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.

and did a nude

take

Letty”

a wonderful time” she smiles kindly at me. “Let me know how the

will and

because my door bell rings a second

I open my door to find a smiling and dashing Ethan with

and looked mighty fine in his

he stares at me as

I say softly, looking

you’ve guessed, I’m not good at

chin with his finger before handing me the

feeling grateful. Rowan has never once bought me flowers. Hell,

like I was important to him. In his mind, I was an inconvenience that he

with.

we can leave” I turn around and

the flowers in a vase, we

I mean what do you do during dates?

that I was afraid I was going to mess

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scared shitless, though I’ve gone on more dates than I can count?”

breaking the silence.

laugh. Feeling relieved. The anxiety that had caged me

nervous the

focus on my

have me back. They could tell that my

out on my

file a report repeatedly because I kept messing it up”

anxiety knowing that I wasn’t the

I couldn’t help but think how easy things were

was how things should have been with Rowan Instead he

decided that I

“We’re here” Ethan says.

at the place where we had parked. The restaurant’s name was familiar but

was also curious because it

was great so I thought we could try it” he tells me as he turns

and opened the door. He helps me

His hand at

Ethan Anderson” Ethan asks the twenty something

her list before speaking. “Right this way”

keeps throwing glances at Ethan.

relationship, I would feel jealous

later, a waiter

pouring

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

curious.

looks like the kind of place

answering “You could say my parents are well

“Parents?” I ask confused.

he told me

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a drug addict and she overdosed after I was born. When the FBI took out my dad, I was put into the system. I thought that was

got adopted by

more I got to know

fund baby?”

then you’re also a trust

him.

it’s forced. How do I tell

my

Emma and Rowan went down,

took my trust fund and cut me off his will. According to him, I

after what I did to his

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