an's

ation I need. The resemblance is glaring, and I

es... very similar to mine. He l

a," I snap, shallow puffs of breath le

ards me, a ha

g to her. "You kn

y's throat bobs on a sw

't thin

interrupt Ivy. "

omewhere priva

"Not until you answer the da

king away. "He

, but I catch it. I knew it already, I just need

, teeth grindin

ningly low, "if I don't see all three of you outside wi

e my tight fists into my pockets, heat licking

e cool air, I'm swarmed

u feel about your eng

you been dati

gnant? Is that why

ked that stupid question. She shrinks b

sh go

one asks any other questions. My phone blares in my pockets and I

ies in, but Sera is in a hurried conversation with a young girl.

ling in that familiar way that

the ca

ok, sighs then gets in

u

I sit at the opposite end. Sera sits on the

f two fingers of whiskey and sla

the anger but not nearly enough. I pour an

silence. Sera gives me brief looks every onc

," Ivy sighs.

glass. "Not

to get my thou

that I didn't

my w

*

uffeur says, parking the l

and Sera. In her arms, Ezra is asleep, and my finge

t usually is, almost as if we were all a

fle in, and I cli

my hand out to Sera. "I

"I don't thin

th the ruckus that is about to hap

falling rapidly. "I-I will do i

nk I would let you have free reins in my home? Af

't mean

r than a liar and

ars fill her eyes, and for a moment, I w

, she doesn't argue, she places the li

nspect his features. Long dark lashes frame

ous...and

p, guarding him with pillows and

sees me. "Adrian, I didn't mean t

years, Sera. Four fucking yea

you," she lies. The biggest

e to reach me the moment y

m s

nd you, Ivy. You knew about this, you knew she wa

n't want you to know abou

t irks me, ey

aking my head. I rip my tie off,

ovement but it's brief.

had it eas

. You had every moment to reac

ry, but after everything that happe

jerks. "You left without a word. I called you every sin

pected me to pick up?

went by your house but you and your p

s of that month filter into my mind. How

pes harshly at her eyes. "I h

son away from

"But for what it's worth Adrian,I told her to tell

at her. "You sho

s best for their child, Ad

with a look. "And now that I'm a par

mean?" Sera asks,

se with Ezra," I say. "It's either both of

chorus, although with

..while Sera, she's angry. Her

ght!" She snaps

have every fucking right, Sera. He

can't d

e to agree to

epens. "And

upward. I grab a bottle of whiskey from

r my response, an

lly, I

forced to sue for custody...a

, she stiffen

You're a fuck

a glass

aise a glass