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.

smiled faintly. "Conrad

"I stopped by to shower and change before I go clear things up with Herschel and Jacqueline at the Wagner place about Conrad

said that. It wasn't about not letting go or feeling relieved. The emotions

aspirations for love. Fanny seemed to sense my mood, stretching her long legs to hook mine. "Let it go. The old must make way for

out with the

stood up. "I'm going to take

water cascade down as I closed my

the Wagner family, lunchtime had just passed, and Jacqueline was fussing with

Seeing me she immediately

gardening shears. "Felicia you're back.

off the grid like that, and you had

looking both frustrated and

for worrying you. I

pulled me to sit

into

better. Now that I've seen you, everything's fine," Jacqueline kept hold of my hand, her face all smiles, making it difficult

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