No More Waiting, She Chooses Love

Chapter 42



I hummed softly, "Not a bad suggestion. I'll think it over."

"You really should," Fanny paused before adding, "Felicia, the best way to forget someone and move on from a relationship is to dive into a new one as quickly as possible."

"Okay, Fanny, got it," I said before hanging up. Lying on my bed, I let my thoughts drift.

Soon, I could hear Ernest's firm and steady footsteps outside, unmistakable to my ears.

Then came the faucet twisting, followed by our landlady Ethel's nagging voice, "How come it's just you? Where's Licia?"

I didn't hear Ernest's reply, only his request, "Please, no onions in the clam chowder."

Hearing that, I couldn't help but laugh, though my laughter quickly turned into tears. Living with the Wagner family over the years, I'd gotten used to eating onions, even though I never touched them when I was with my parents back home.

do." Though I moved into the Wagner family engaged to Conrad, and Jacqueline insisted I was like a daughter to

small compromises, not wanting to seem too delicate or fussy, like forcing myself to eat onions even though

clam chowder, but by then, I had fallen asleep and even dreamt that Ernest and

and Ernest?" Ethel asked me at the

were about

"

were about to get a marriage license just like that? Wouldn't you date a bit first?" I

Licia. You've got an eye for quality. You'll regret it if you let a good man like Ernest go. If I were fifty years younger, I'd

but burst into

don't make a move fast, that young

and me at the table. I

out to drink with

the chowder with my spoon, savoring the rich flavor.

for friends occasionally, not full time," Ethel explained, then looked at me, "So, you

about getting one." My explanation