Chapter 111

The whole ride there, Brandon just kept his cool, driving in silence, not much chatter.

When they pulled up at the hotel entrance, Brandon hopped out and hauled Sophia’s suitcase down for her.

Sophia grabbed her suitcase, flashed a smile, and bid Brandon farewell.

“When you heading back?” Brandon asked.

“In a few days, I guess.” Sophia replied, still uncertain, since it all hinged on how Haley was bouncing back.

Brandon nodded, “If you need anything, give Kent a buzz.”

“Will do,” Sophia nodded back.

She gestured to the hotel lobby behind her, “Well, I’m gonna head back in.”

Brandon returned the nod, watched her enter the hotel, and didn’t move until she vanished around the elevator corner. Then he spun around and got back into his car.

Sitting in the car, he was wrapped in silence, not speeding off just yet.

The window was down, the night wind was whooshing, fluttering his hair..

Right across was the river.

River Song in the West district meandered from west to east, broad and silent. Every once in a while, you could spot a night cruise ship rumbling by.

Brandon watched the slowly receding ship, his mind at peace, the kind of calm that settled after reason had had its say.

He could totally relate to Kent’s words, longing for the old Brandon, the even-tempered one, unflappable by anything or anyone at any time.

him missed that Brandon

on work, not fretting or floundering over anyone, not tormented like a caged animal without an escape.

cherished the days with Sophia by his side, the comfort of coming home to her, the fullness in his heart when she crossed his mind. But life without her these past

never one to force things. Since Sophia chose to go solo, respecting her decision was the best way

if it was over, then so

his

up at the brightly lit hotel, fired

Sophia stood by the floor-to-ceiling window, watching that familiar black sedan slowly drive

was staying on the second floor, not too high, giving her

drawn back the curtains when

feeling in her heart

fade with time and distance. Out of sight, out of mind,

when close, she couldn’t

you can just drop with

off contact, or even avoiding meeting was the

found Sophia’s life back on its

hadn’t known about Haley’s situation before coming back, she hadn’t booked a

clockwork during the day and rushed home at night to work on the resort design. Her daily

from two years ago and

to it.

kid, Sophia had yearned for maternal love and had tried to curry

age, her idea of earning motherly affection was simply to be good, sensible, obedient, and academically successful

be a worry

Laura’s scolding as a sign she wasn’t doing well

her biological mother and blamed herself for not

for a

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