No More Waiting, She Chooses Love

Chapter 15



Haley's face turned visibly sour, her usually pale complexion then ghostly white.

Her hands trembled as she clutched her smoothie. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to."

She looked so frail and pitiful, almost as if I had been the one to say something out of line, hurting her feelings.

But I didn't stop since I had started, "Maybe you didn't mean to, but it did affect us. It's okay if it was unintentional. Just be more mindful in the future. No need to apologize."

"If Aiden were here, I wouldn't have to bother Rad," Haley said as tears began to fall again.

They say women are as gentle as water, and Haley was the perfect example.

She had carefully chosen her words, leaving me with little to say.

"Felicia," Haley looked at me, her eyes shimmering. "I went to Rad because it was Aiden's dying wish. Rad agreed."

She kept fidgeting with her glass. "If it wasn't for that, I wouldn't have sought Rad out."

was justifying her actions and jabbing

sneered inwardly, 'We're all adults here. Who doesn't have a trick or two

and people will talk if they see you two together all the time," I paused. "It doesn't matter what people say about Conrad, but as a woman, if you're the juicy gossip of the town, and if it gets

might play the damsel, but I could

all this talk, are you just upset Rad is taking care of me? Are you questioning his loyalty, or is it your

a far

colors. "Dropping

say more, Haley burst into tears. "Felicia, I'm

you'

upset, but please

out

did I mention her

stood up, her hand on her belly, the picture of

to stop her, anger evident as he looked at me,

trope so outdated soap operas wouldn't touch it. Seeing the coldness

to question me

for

side of

Haley's word over

after ten years together.