Chapter 81

“Why did they break up?”

“No clue. Mom reckoned maybe Willow thought Uncle was too broke Or maybe ’cause Willow wanted fame, so she took off,” Preston Turner shrugged, “I was just a kid back then, all hearsay from Mom.”

Jocelyn felt as if a heavy rock was pressing on her chest, making her hard to breathe.

Preston noticed her discomfort, “Don’t overthink II Mom says they’re ancient history. And hey, Uncle’s a peculiar guy. He doesn’t reheat old soup, Most importantly, the whole family of us don’t like Willow.”

“As long as she had chemistry with your uncle, that’s enough.”

“No way,” Preston shook his head with conviction, “If there were, they’d be together by now. Jocelyn, don’t sweat it about Willow Uncle won’t rekindle his love for her. They’re just friends at most, or maybe it’s a business thing.”

Preston’s words didn’t console Jocelyn

First loves are never easily forgotten, like a flint stone burning the back of your hand, always leaving a scar

Exiting the Martinez’s, Jocelyn dialed Melvin’s number.

After a few rings, he picked up

“Hello”

“Preston’s home now,” Jocelyn said, her voice steady

“Okay”

“When are you coming back? Fearing he might think she was prying, she quickly added, “School’s starting. You should be there for Preston’s registration

“He can handle it, Melvin replied. “If you’re free during the registration, could you help him out?”

Jocelyn detected the underlying message: he wasn’t coming back soon.

Perhaps she was silent too long because Melvin asked, “Anything else?”

“No.

“Bye then.”

“Bye”

The call ended with a click, leaving a hint of bitterness in Jocelyn’s heart.

hectic schedule, Jocelyn had little time for sorrow, throwing

Jocelyn a

that guy spending the

as they entered the hotel, then heading into a room together. Ulla had somehow managed to capture images of them inside the hotel.

a black dress shirt and slacks, stood by the French windows

were no intimate gestures, he had

This

excitement about taking down Willow shone through

felt an unprecedented calm at the

was taken. So the

Look

a ‘confused’

on Willow? Why

[Exhausted]

the desk and picking up her textbooks, heading

was tired.

She

with another

Chapter

enough of

Willow, sometimes entering hotels together, sometimes in the same car looking

to stop. She no longer had

want to embarrass Willow, no amount of

she hadn’t won over Willow.

I crash at your place for dinner tomorrow?” Preston asked in a low voice while handing over his

and Preston visibly seemed to have lost

with preparing meals for Preston when he’s at home Now that he’d been gone for who

of it

she took Preston over to her

sweet-talked Jocelyn’s parents, making

nephew takes

Preston seemed nothing like his.

Winslet for a game of chess, drawing praise from the old

was in town to stay with his unreliable uncle for school, felt sorry for the boy and told Jocelyn to bring

felt it was improper, she knew refusal would

so often. Once Melvin returned, it would be out of the question anyway.

just for

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