er

cey and my father had left early. I was left alone with my thoughts which I wasn

t out a groan to myself. I'm not sure if I can take any of her shit right now. If I

to the phone once I

dinner?" Elise aske

"I have to go to

voice. "I can come with you. It's always

g to last long. "This is a private matter I need to d

eone worth my time who wants to have dinner with me sin

first love as my assistant. The one girl who held my heart for so many years and after seeing her again, she still

had already gotten her things together and stood up from her

have a good night." She turned back around

earlier today because her nickname slipped from my lips. We were no longer close to one another. She made it cl

n actual genuine one. It was as beautiful as it had always been. I couldn't help the jealousy that r

inside. My knuckles were white as I drove from gripping the steering wheel so tightly. I wasn't lying to Elise, i

view. I parked the car and headed for the front door. I

good to see yo

inly kept her here so she didn't have to worry about a place to live. The man

is voice ask loudly fr

" Rose hol

ld tell in his tone he wasn't surprised

seated on the couch. His eyes met mine. "I figured you'd stop by. You

er inside of me from the situation he has put me in. "You, y

as he got up from h

wn with Isabelle. He knew exactly what this would do to me. "You had no ri

looked great." He responded. I could tell ther

acted nice in front of her but I knew his expressions well, he didn't like her at all. It

od at it when you were younger." His eyes looked at me intensely as he answered. "You are my son after all, you

slight resentment as he was part of the reason Isabelle left and cut me of

ut his voice remained stern. "Stop blaming

. She was thirty-nine now and managed to surprise us all when she got pregnant with my lit

n a calmer tone. She didn't deserve my raised voice and I kn

s a damn good actress or he didn't even let her

alk about it later. Right now I'm deali

feelings again. "And I do own my mistakes. You're

were getting into." He acknowledged sending me away that summe

ed and headed for the front door. He clearly wasn't going