No More Waiting, She Chooses Love

If Fanny left too, I'd be out of friends to chat with.

Despite the fact that life is a ceaseless cycle of meeting and parting, even with our parents, friends, or even spouses, I didn't want Fanny to exit my life.

"It's not that, I just want to take a longer break. They suspend me when they feel like it and call me back whenever it suits them. Do they think I'm some easy target?" Fanny's words made me laugh. "Whoa, Dr. Willis getting feisty, planning to give them a taste of their own medicine?"

"Exactly, otherwise they'll keep overlooking me the moment things go south," Fanny was always clear-eyed about life.

That applied to both her career and her love life.

"Aren't you afraid of pushing too hard and them not giving you a second chance?" I asked with a chuckle.

Fanny got me a glass of water, saying, "There are plenty of other places that would kill to have me."

With that, she leaned in so close our noses were almost touching, "Do you really think I'd be out of options?"

That was Fanny for you.

of

offers before, insisting she wasn't one to jump ship at the first sight of trouble. But if one place didn't value her, she'd simply move

with Ernest Collins. I took a sip of water, echoing her earlier sentiment, "If this tree doesn't want to hold me, I'll find another. It's not like I'm short of options." Fanny gave me a thumbs up, "That's the Licia I know. Whether it's work or men, they're not our

words instantly lifted my spirits. After she helped me check out of

night, we stayed up late,

the night, Fanny suddenly asked, "The prairies are pretty popular these days. Wanna go see where

meets the sky?"

time off,"

remembered Grant's leniency towards me was all because of Ernest, which made me add, "Just hope the boss approves. I've been skipping work a bit too much lately." Fanny hummed in response, and I laughed, "If

filled the

next day when someone rang the

rudely, I opened the door to

neighbors for so long, this was her

up to someone I didn't want to see still got

chat," she said, reminding me of her