Chapter 72

Dorothy blinked at the man in front of her, almost convinced she was dreaming.

Shouldn’t he have been at Heather’s side, keeping a sleepless vigil after her surgery?

“Another friend is there. No need for me.” Everett shrugged casually, shedding his suit jacket.

Dorothy blinked again. “A guy?”

“Huh?”

“Your other friend. Is he a guy?”

Everett nodded. “Yeah. He’s actually better at taking care of Heather.”

Well, that explained a lot!

Dorothy had been puzzling over what kind of colassal misunderstanding stood between Everett and Heather. Two people so clearly in love yet obstinately not together.

Then it all made sense. A third wheel was in the picture.

was probably no match for that other guy’s attentiveness and charm. That

he was always trying to use Dorothy in

you eaten yet?‘

His first concem was always whether she

diet.” Dorothy

over.” His words always had a compelling force to them that made it hard to mfuse.

was bom a leader and others were just

fruit cut of the refrigerator, washed them, and put them in front of het He picked out the biggest reddest

was specially brought back for you.”

puzzled. “How did

did, but she had not specifically bought them for a long time. Come to think of it,

when you ate them all during lunch break.”

Middle school?

she ate strawberries in her

being rather generous, giving each student a box of strawberries, and she got to taste such

even remember that?” She

very

in his slender hard, ready to hand it over at

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