lf in the mirror. She just emptied her bowels in the toilet. Her stomach s

two weeks since Blake left. And she'd been having a serious bout of morning sic

re?” Phoebe, asked from

okay.” She opened the tap and r

do now?” Phoebe asked w

edges of the bathroom sink, and let out a puff of air. “

alked in and laid a hand on her friend's

ising with her anger. “I'm going t

” she rubbed Tasha's arm.

n,” Tasha sniffed. “Or talk to him ever

room wall. “He cooked for me the day before I found him packing in his apartment. He massa

ld sit down,” Pho

family business and his inheritance. Who does that?”She walked ou

her friend and patted her bac

stop the tears that were welling up in her eyes. “I don't need any damn man! H

iend encouraged her. “I'll always be here for you, da

squeezed her friend's hand. “You

her arms. “You just have to take it

career,” she said against her

spirit,” Phoebe

uldn't just stand people looking at her with pity in the depar

her lower lip slightly in an embarrassed smile. “I understand your situation, though.” She r

lips together and stood up. They ex

rs later, she padded to the kitchen to eat some food. But she just didn't have the appetite. She

for her phone and opened the Uber app to call for a ride to Sandville, which was ju

g with the security men at the apartment b

What are you doing here, princess?" He asked wit

ged him. “I needed a break, so I'm

ppy you came here. Come on in. Your mom just went next do

carried her suitcase down

three weeks back. She had changed almost everything there over the years to suit her taste since she became an adult. But her de

ounced to her parents she had quit her job. "

her dad said in anger, his fist

Blake's betrayal next to Tasha, it was he

ping his fork back into his plate. “You just need to s

father. “We'll do everything to make th

d for a very supportive family. Her brother and sister too had

tively into her eyes. “What next