Chapter 45

snoozing away, her dreams a tangled mix of

undane and the fantastical

"Hello?" che mumbled in a daze, swiping at her phone to answer the call

"Sherilyn Gilbert's voice had a slight smile to it over the phone, but it just made Sherlyn shiver and swallow hard

Sherilyn asked, "What's up?"

Gilbert questioned her. "You didn't come home last night? Where were your

What? Sherilyn blinked, her sleepiness partly dissipating, replaced by confusion "Didn't you see my text? I moved out..

"Who gave you the permission to move out? Gilbert's voice, mixed with anger, out her off, almost precing through the phone. "Did I say you can move out?"

Sherilyn frowned. "Why would I need your permission? That's your place I shouldn't have been there in the first place."

was a moment of silence on the other

you worried about the divorce papers? I'm

wanted to promise her life. "From now on, until we get those divorce papers, I'm at your beck and call during the day, no delays on my end. Does that

Gilbert was inexplicably irked. "After all these years abroad, you haven't learned a thing Walking in and out of someone's life without a heads-up? Haven't you got

manners?"

the phone, Sherlyn couldn't help but sneer, thinking. Mr. Johnson is still

she might have tiptoed around his moods, but at the

was rude.

the call, and with a flip, she rolled over to

phone, a mix of

nerve! He couldn't be bothered anymore. If she wanted to move,

a job and a new place to stay. What she needed to do next

start looking. She had planned to apply as a dance instructor at a local studio. Dancing was her forte, after all. But after visiting a couple, the schedules didn't line up. They needed an instructor for evening classes, but

Neon Nights Bar was too lucrative to

to let

So,

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