No More Waiting, She Chooses Love

Chapter 32



Fanny could read me like an open book. "So, where to? I'm with you, or..."

"Let's go spruce up my place," I cut in before Fanny could finish.

Her eyes widened in surprise. "You had this planned?"

"Not exactly planned, just since the day before yesterday," I gestured toward the backseat where a set of new bedding still lay unpacked.

"Bought them with Haley yesterday," I added, igniting a spark of gossip in Fanny's eyes.

On our way to my place, I spilled the beans to Fanny, who nodded vigorously and angrily. "Good that you didn't go through with the marriage license. Conrad's a scumbag, wanting his cake and eating it too."

"Scumbag is a scumbag, no matter the time," I retorted with a chuckle.

Fanny looked at me sternly. "Felicia, you don't have to put on a brave face for me."

eyes on the road. "Maybe my feelings for Conrad had gone

I felt, but I soon realized this kind of stale, familiar affection was like a fine wine, its true strength only apparent after a while. It was so for me and even more

met at school and became friends after

out of the way and old," Fanny never beat around the bush with me, always speaking

want to change it," I said as I placed the bedding on

a self-guided tour around the house, eventually leaning against the kitchen doorway. "Not bad. It's a bit dated, but it's cozy. I can tell your

happy until

it felt like a nightmare, my parents dropping me off at school talking about a contract that would let them build me an amusement park if it

snapped me back to reality.

there to say?" I looked

you okay?" she

a lump in my throat, sadness and pressure building

Conrad would be my boyfriend, it wasn't until three years ago that we

of my parents' death. I was crying at their grave when he held me and promised that he'd be there for me, vowing by their

naively thought I'd found someone to rely on,

next," Seeing the pain in my eyes, Fanny deliberately