Chapter 14 | Before I Leave

Quirina

The day has flown by and I haven’t seen Bryce since breakfast, I’m not sure if that’s a good or a bad thing. He’s given me no reason to doubt him, but we’re still so early on in our relationship that it’s hard for me not to have any doubts. It feels like at any moment the rug will be pulled out from under me.

I walk down the stairs, determined to find where he may be at. But as I walk down the stairs I see two men standing at the bottom of the staircase, and both of them show a resemblance to Bryce.

My eyebrows furrow softly upon seeing them and one of them makes eye contact with me and softly bows his head. It is such a small tilt of the head that it was hard to even notice it and he says, “Quirina Stone, we were honored to be invited to your party, but we are afraid that it is time for us to go.”

Tons of people have ‘officially’ said goodbye to me today, but most people care about the impression with my parents more than they do with me. Although, I can’t say that I blame pe