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."

road. "Maybe my feelings for Conrad had gone stale, just like

how I felt, but I soon realized this kind of stale, familiar affection was like a fine wine, its true strength

school and became

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

want to change it," I said as I placed the bedding on the couch and went to wash and boil water in a new

bad. It's a bit dated, but it's cozy. I can

we were happy until that car

about a contract that would let them build me an amusement park if

back to reality. "Why aren't you

to say?" I

she asked, noting

lump

knew since I entered the Wagner family that Conrad would be my boyfriend, it wasn't until three years ago that we officially

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 tombstone to love me as

naively thought I'd found someone to rely on, just like

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