“Have a good night, sweetier
“You too! You both are gonna be great parents!” I added with
subtle nod to Maddox who beamed at me.
1 patted my full stomac but paused, rubbing over the pouch that budged from being tolled my eyes, shouting “Well, if you are, you’re gonna be a lucky kid!
well fed. Are y
you in there? I stopped and
“He sure is,” Seth said walking up behind me.
1 yelped and turned, slapping him on the shoulder. “Hey! You can’t just disappear and then sneak up on me in a dark garage next tó an elevator!”
Seth laughed cautiously, bouncing away from my outstretched arm. le rubbed his shoulder and bowed his head. “That was specific.
“It was a specific scare!”
“I’m sorry.” He paused, rubbing the back of his neck. The light glow from a lamp post let me see the bags under his eyes. None of us had had a lot of sleep lately. “About… well, everything.”
Folding my arms around my midriff, I stopped into the elevator and leaned against the side to stare at him. “It’s okay. I get i changes happening and we’ve all been so busy with the end of the year school and work. I understand. Ethan does too.”
- it. Big
I frowned as Seth’s jaw clenched and his fists tightened on either side. “Seth, I hope you aren’t coming over to attack him about his choice. It’s a tough program to get into, the fact that they asked him is groundbreaking. Read the letter! I’m sure this time it’s not just lying casually by the door either.”
“I’m not going
going to attack, but I’m calm enough that we e can talk about what we’re going to do.”
The churning feeling in my stomach at the way he said that made me worried. “What do you mean what we’re gonna do? I mean, we’ll wait for him to come back, right?”
The silence that followed the elevator ride up almost had me in tears, but the door dinged open showing Ethan’s neighbor scolded her daughter for playing on the stairs.
“Alicia, I’ve told you not to play with your skates on the stairs! You could fall and hurt yourself or someone else!”
“Don’t be silly Mom, no ope takes the stairs when we have an elevator!”
The watering in my eyes left as I chuckled at Alicia’s reasoning. I definitely
y wasn’t going to use the st all those flights.
stairs. I was way too lazy to take
We walked into
Ethan’s apartment without knocking, but Seth remained quiet as I called out to Ethan letting him know ‘we‘ were
“Subtle, Cass!” Seth mumbled, his forehead wrinkling from his deep town.
“Thad to prepare him somehow. I know you didn’t call! And you never answered me. We’ll wait for him to come back, right?”
Seth shrugged his shoulders. “I don’t know. It’s a long time. Life can change so quickly and long distance makes it more difficult.”
“But but for the right person, you wait. I mean, I licked my bottom Ip and shoved my hands into my jean pockets, “for the right person, you wait. And you’ll wait as long as you have to.”
1/2
“And what if that person changes and you’re waiting for nothing?
Ethan shuffled quietly in, “Love is nothing to scoff at. I love you, you love me, we love Cassie. It that not enough for you to give
same countery, and you know I would. So are you going to? this time to advance my career? I would give your
“Am I going to what?‘ Seth snapped.
“Are you going to wait for me? Am I worth it to you?” 11han said back in the same octave Seth had snapped, Ethan’s face was turning red in anger and Seth didn 1 look like he was going to bulge
I gasped and pushed between them. “Of cause you’re worth it, Ethan Seth in saying that he
Seth slapped a hand on the counter. The smack echoed in the kitchen and I shrank back. “I can talk for myself! Can’t you just stop getting between us? i know it’s what you’re good at, but for once, letas handle this!”
ifling near Seth’s mouth. “Jesus, have you been
Ethan pushed Seth away from me. “Don’t you talk to her that way!” than paused, sniffing drinking? Are you drunk?”
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