It was the fall of my senior year in high school, and the weather had gotten chilly.

Felix White’s uncles, Duncan White and Eugene White, had brought their families over for a visit, and my family joined them. His family members and mine added up to about 20 people, and we were all gathered at his house for a meal.

With the help of alcohol, the atmosphere that night had become rather lively.

Since there were so many people present that day, the men were all seated at one table for drinks while the women were seated together to chat.

Everyone was chatting excitedly, and it was an extremely joyous day.

Somehow, the conversation had shifted to talk about me and Felix.

This happened every single time our families gathered together. It was quite awkward at first, but it happened so often that I had gotten used to it. It didn’t faze me anymore.

They could say whatever they liked. It wasn’t as if I could do anything about it.

Priceton was Felix’s mother, and I called her Aunt

are all grown up now. They’ll be leaving us soon after

at a college nearby. She’s still quite immature. I’m

and Felix enroll in

plans had been settled. I was right there with them, but no one even bothered

eldest son, Colin White, was 24 years old and currently pursuing his master’s degree in fine art at Lincoln University. He specialized in watercolor painting. Colin rarely came home. All along, I treated him like an

older than me, and we grew up together.

I could walk on my own, I shadowed him wherever

speak, the word that I said the most

was, he took root in my heart, and my feelings for him kept

I liked him—a lot.

that conversation, I had never actually given much thought to going to the same college as him. From a young age, I had been practicing

letting our mothers

feelings for him … Well, if a love between two people

him. I liked him so much that during the nights when my mind was

him so much that I thought he would be the one for me

table. Felix and I had our backs to each other. Our mothers

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