Chapter 48



I had stayed there for several days and hadn't seen Ethel's kids come by to visit her. I didn't pry into it. It seemed Ethel treated me and Ernest like her own children.

One evening, while getting ready to sleep, I got a call from Fanny, asking when I planned to return.

"I haven't decided yet," I told her. "I'm genuinely happy in this little neighborhood. It's been the happiest days since my parents passed away."

I even considered extending my vacation until I got tired of being there.

"Are you sure it's not because you can't bear to leave Ernest?" Fanny teased.

Thinking of the few but heart-fluttering encounters with Ernest, I admitted, "It's not about not being able to leave, but my heart feels alive when he's around."

Hudson has quite

of silence, Fanny continued, "Has that jerk Conrad not tried to contact you?

licked my

"He thinks you can't live

at the moonlight, I whispered,

left me a message. [No one is irreplaceable.] Yes,

buzzed with a new message, Who could be messaging me at this hour? Dopened my eyes again, and to my

today after all this time? And he assumed I was throwing a

I got out of bed, opened the door,

a backpack slung over his shoulder and a

the middle of the night and, without a word, continued to drag his

going?" I blurted

answered without stopping, and soon, he

there, dazed, before walking toward his

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