due back, Grace

figure family – a mommy, a daddy, and a littl

e whispered, he

ettiest dress, my own h

crowde

rivals gate, Grace b

, a little more lines around h

eath

wasn'

m, chic, confident, laug

ly from old MBA photos he still

as a little girl, about Grace' s

rld t

a curt nod, his eyes flic

, picture held hi

ly glance

, pulling Skylar slightly away fr

t to Grace, but to

Grace," he said, a dismissive, vague co

l. The picture dr

me. "Ava. Good to see you."

tled into their apartment first. It

apartment. He said

out Grace. He di

p. "I'll be by our plac

leaving me and Grace standing there, amidst the airpor

at me, her low

y didn't lik

r tight, my own heart

sweetie," I lied, the

s over. The crushin