Chapter 57

Madison

I wasn’t expecting Alex to come out with something so personal, it took me by surprise. I mean, it was hugely personal. What’s going on with us? I am bewildered but I can’t fight this feeling I have for him anymore. There has been an attraction since the moment I set eyes on him even though I tried to convince myself I hated him. Truth be known, I hated what he stood for but now I’ve gotten to spend time with him and to know him and see how he is with Belle, which by the way is supremely cute, I can tell that a lot of his bag shenanigans are a cover.

A cover for the desperately sad and hurt little boy that he was when his folks split. I’m happy that his mom met someone new and that their lives became happy, and his step daddy took him to the ice rink and the ice pond and believed in Alex. But, still having your father walk out on you when you’re just a kid, that must hurt like hell. I couldn’t even imagine what that would be like, I think I’d have cried and never stopped. It’s