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.

"Conrad agreed to break

I set down my glass, saying, "I stopped by to shower and change before I go clear things up with Herschel and

wasn't about not letting go or feeling relieved. The emotions were

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

I chuckled, "Yeah, out with the old, in with the

that, I stood up. "I'm going to take

on the shower in the bathroom, letting the water cascade down as I closed my

lunchtime had just

Seeing me she immediately

gardening shears.

little devil. Going off the grid like

my hand, looking both frustrated

worrying you. I heard you were ill,"

fault," Jacqueline pulled me to sit on the couch,

into my mouth. "Jacqueline, are

kept hold of my hand, her face all smiles, making it difficult

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