No More Waiting, She Chooses Love

Chapter 23



My heart swelled with emotion. Though I was the Wagner family's foster daughter, Conrad's parents showered me with the same concern and love as if I were their child.

They treated me like their own daughter. I remembered Dustin Wagner, Conrad's elder brother, joking that he and Conrad had fallen out of favor since I arrived.

Fanny was right. My bond with Conrad might be fragile, but my connection with the Wagner family was unbreakable.

I took a deep breath and pushed the door open.

Everyone looked at me. Jacqueline stood up, walked over, and said, "Felicia, you're back. We were waiting for you to start dinner."

"Jacqueline, Herschel," I greeted them.

Nudged by Herschel, Conrad got up and came over. He took the bag from my hands. "Why are you back so late?"

knowing that Jefferson would have told him about our meeting,

time,

me mingling with his buddy privately. Yet, he was seen around town with his late buddy's widow, Haley, even giving her the supplementary credit card he

him, instead

followed, asking, "What's

I washed my hands, smiling at his reflection in the

things already. Don't you think you're overreacting?" Conrad's words made me lower

years ago when tried to pull the drunken Conrad away from a fight. He promised to fill that scar with a big diamond ring, but that diamond ring

saw Haley shopping with your credit card," I spoke amidst the running

it wrong. Her in-laws cut her off because of Aiden's situation. She needed to live, so

the tap and faced him. "Conrad, do

in his eyes. "What

should I say..." I recalled the gossip on Deborah's phone, "Did you have

was cold, "Are