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

closed her eyes briefly, resigning herself, "...There's absolutely nothing between

on the crux of the

back down and confessing, "It's early

left us to chat, kissing my forehead before grabbing his

have to deal

couldn't help but laugh, not saying much, just looking at her, "So, you've really

"It's alright."

The more he

"Anyway..."

past experiences, I sincerely added, "As long as you're happy, that's all that

things with Dailey go south, it could affect you

"Why worry about that?"

would choose me over anyone

matter the situation, he always put

...

wait until the afternoon; right after lunch, she swiftly

her, ensuring her new place had everything she needed before rushing back home to dive into my design drafts. RiverCity's headquarters was in the midst of hiring for the new

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

sunset

neck was