ALEXANDER “What took you so long?” I asked as I opened my front door to see Ben standing there. “I had to talk to my parents before I could leave.” Always the parent and never the child. Ben had cared for his parents for as long as I had known him. They didn’t realize it, but without him acting
BAILEE “You are not going to believe who is inside,” Lacey said as she ran out of the shop as I returned from an early afternoon meeting. Even the pincushion on her wrist and the tape measure around her neck couldn’t detract from how stylish she looked. It was as if her outfit had been designed
ALEXANDER “Mr. Kingston,” Nathan said from my open doorway, and I looked up at him. “Mrs. Patel is here to see you.” My eyebrows pulled together in confusion as I looked at the calendar on my computer. We didn’t have an appointment. “She said she has some information for you but would like to
BAILEE SEVEN AND A HALF YEARS AGO (Seventeen Years Old) Ben acted awkward around me the entire weekend, constantly staring at me as I moped around the house before I finally got sick of it and locked myself in my room, ignoring my parents yelling at me for missing work. It wasn't like they could
BAILEE SEVEN AND A HALF YEARS AGO (Seventeen Years Old) Two letters. One syllable. Just no. That was all I was worth and all I was going to get? “Why don’t you be a big boy and tell me the truth.” I waited a moment, but he didn’t open his mouth to speak. Was he really going to continue ignor
BAILEE I chewed on my lip nervously while waiting for Nathan to let me into Alex’s office. I was almost excited, but I didn’t know why. We had argued the last time we saw each other, but getting so much out in the open between us had been therapeutic. I would probably never get total closer for
ALEXANDER “When we first ran into each other at the bar, I had just wanted information from you about your ex-husband,” I said, Caleb’s title rolling off my tongue with disdain. Bailee wobbled, and I watched her eyes flicker back to the chairs before me as if she regretted not sitting when I had
ALEXANDER “She’s clearly not your match! Pair with Lola, you fucking idiot!” Mason screamed at the television as he jumped up from the couch, his hands in his hair. Ben looked just as angry from next to him, and I shook my head as I watched two of my best friends screaming at the reality dating s