Chapter 58



I took a generous gulp of my drink. "Ernest's already left."

"Huh?" Fanny was sitting cross-legged across from me, curiosity all over her face.

"I turned him down, and he left. Off to work, he said, just like that," my words left Fanny momentarily stunned.

"He left? Didn't even try a bit harder?" Fanny shook her head. "Man, his game is weak."

"He knew when to back off, not the clingy type," I couldn't help but think of Ernest's rough and rugged demeanor as I spoke of him.

Fanny tilted her head, looking at me. "If he had pursued you a bit, would you have..."

"No!" I cut her off, "I wouldn't heal wounds from one man with another."

"Guess no one can easily replace Conrad," Fanny concluded.

faintly. "Conrad

glass, saying, "I stopped by to shower and change before I go clear things up with Herschel and Jacqueline at the

lowered my head as I said that. It wasn't about not letting go or feeling relieved. The emotions were

for Conrad, ten years of my youth, and all the beautiful expectations and aspirations for love. Fanny seemed to sense my

out with

stood up. "I'm going to take a

I closed my eyes. The water flowed over my hair, forehead, and the corners of

I arrived at the Wagner family, lunchtime had just passed, and

Seeing me she immediately

shears. "Felicia you're

off the grid like that, and you had me

hand, looking both frustrated

you. I heard you were ill,"

your fault," Jacqueline pulled me to sit on the couch, urging me to eat some fruit

picked up a grape and popped it into

hold of my hand, her face

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