ien

o continuously will bring her back to you."

oing to this time either. Her steps are hurried, and she has a knack for speaking as she ente

of my nose, I don't

f products and how much is selling." I say, my g

s the papers up to reveal a photo of Imoge

king her way across the table t

en staring at for three years. The paper company should be commended because no matter how

r glossy golden hair is brushed out and tumbles over her shoulders like a waterfall. But

say, and I don't hide

he smirks at me and replies, "And you look like

n my table, "I've been staying up late to study. Fina

, ho

say graduating college means you've got everything figured out. Not her,

supposed to be

rom someone." Breonna suddenly sa

aiting for it all my life. I've made horrible mistakes in

, I k

es you?" Breonna asks me an

see me? Maybe she doesn't love me anymore and maybe she d

to realize I loved her because she tried her best to act a lot like Imogene.

thing valuable. I had lost the woman that stood by me and

rs until I heard the news that she was retu

e's only one way to

ve her?" Breonna ask

that's what I thought after the way my father treated my mother when

llege but passed away in my final year of college. She couldn't see me graduate. After college, I m

by my own insecurities and greed. Now she's back s

a hand down my face. "I do love Imog

asks quietly, like it's a secret, "How do you intend to make it right? You can't get Imogene back with mo

y two years ago. My aunt and uncle t

, letting one hand fall to the armrest, my

in a breath. "Her gallery'

her gallery ope

drifts back to the wedding photo, to

say. "It's my last chan

ng her arms. "And what if she doesn't w

his moment but I can't find a definite answer. The hope that I might one day get Imogene back h

se, Damien. Don't hurt her

. "I

er voice, softer this time. "You'

back to her. "W

akes her head. "Nothin

, and she's already gone before I can question her. Star

it worse, Damien. Do

takes, but this is my chance to make amends. O

onight, at Imogene's gallery opening, everything could change. I'll see her again. But what if she looks at me with the same