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.

missed that Brandon too.

anyone, not tormented like a caged animal without an escape.

side, the comfort of coming home to her, the fullness in his heart when she crossed his mind. But life without her these past two years, though a bit bland,

chose to go solo, respecting her

was over,

cramp surged in his stomach

abdomen, glanced up at

Sophia stood by the floor-to-ceiling window, watching

second floor, not too high, giving her a clear

the curtains when

indifferent profile, and his eventual departure. She couldn’t quite name the feeling in her heart a sour, tingling discomfort. After all, he was the man

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

she couldn’t

things you can just drop with a single

or even avoiding meeting was the best exit strategy for her.

life back on its

she hadn’t known about Haley’s situation before coming back, she hadn’t booked a return flight and was

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

still held a grudge about the villa incident from two years ago and hadn’t warmed up to

to it.

had yearned for maternal love and had tried to curry favor with

idea of earning motherly affection was simply to be

a worry for Mom and Dad.

a sign she wasn’t doing well enough, which was why her mom was

didn’t know Laura wasn’t her biological mother and blamed herself for not being good enough, which

for a

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