Lost Me Gained Regret

"Moving out, moving out!"

Abandoning her breakfast, Christine sprung to her feet, eager to please. "Mr. Ford, your generosity knows no bounds. I'm forever grateful..."

"No thanks needed."

Gregory chimed in with a meaningful tone, "Consider it an early wedding gift for you and Dailey."

Christine was speechless, "..."

I was bewildered, aware that Gregory wasn't one to speak without reason. I quickly turned to Christine, "You and Dailey? What's going on??"

The prospect of my best friend's major life event being news to me before Gregory was shocking.

Christine cleared her throat, trying to downplay it, "It's not... what you think."

She was clearly out of her league in this chase!

Gregory nodded in understanding, "Dailey's a tough catch, huh?"

Christine was shocked, "He told you??"

Gregory chuckled, "Clarence dropped by my place last night. We ended up talking over a few beers."

implication was clear; Clarence had

her eyes briefly, resigning herself, "...There's

focused on the crux of the matter, "So,

hand through her hair, finally sitting back down and confessing, "It's early days. Right now, it's just me hoping for something

my forehead before grabbing his

retreating figure, "Stealing my best friend wasn't enough, now I have to deal with your lovey-dovey antics

couldn't help but laugh, not saying much, just looking

"It's alright."

reverse psychology. The more he wants to keep his distance, the more want to see where it could

"Anyway..."

added, "As long as you're happy, that's all that

things with Dailey go south, it could affect you

"Why worry about that?"

me, Gregory would choose

situation, he always put

...

indebted, Christine didn't wait until the afternoon; right after lunch, she swiftly

place had everything she needed before rushing back home to dive into my design drafts. RiverCity's

had enough staff, I could breathe a little easier and focus solely

sunset poured in,

my neck was stiff.