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Chapter Twenty-Eight
Six weeks later,and so much had changed. Buzz was back to being employed, if you could call it that since it was a petty job from Kaine and his Marketing Director/sister-in-law, Bex Carter. It was going better than she had thought it would. So far, she had made seven press releases, and all had been run in the paper she had nearly begged to get something printed at for over a year.
It should have made her feel ecstatic, but she couldn’t bring herself to be happy. It was just a reminder that she couldn’t do it by herself.
Sera had moved out and surprisingly stayed out, though Emma had moved back in five times. Each time, her dad had moved her back in with them—no lecture at all. The transition had been rough on them all, it seemed. Harper and Maby were staying at their new homes more and more. Over the last week, neither had stayed at the house overnight.
On a positive note, Agatha hadn’t spent one night away from the house. So far, she hadn’t found a new job, and nobody was telling her she needed one. Buzz thought that she was just as freaked out about the situation of there only being three of them living in the house as she was. They didn’t talk about it, though, because that would be admitting something.
Lucy had quit working with Harper completely since the wedding. Not slow and gradual, but abruptly. Harper was now hiring more people to help her, not relying on family at all. That included another chef and four wait staff. Lucy and Harper were not talking about it; in fact, they weren’t talking about anything anymore. Their once-close friendship had ended, and without the big blow-up Buzz had always thought would end it. Just a puff, and it was gone.
That meant the entire household had changed. There was almost no laughing, and barely anyone talked. Life had changed.
Or maybe nothing had changed, just how Buzz saw it. Her ambition and drive for life were gone. She had fallen in love for the first time in her life, and it had been with the wrong person, the wrong man.
A knock on the door made her groan. She didn’t want to talk to anyone, she didn’t want a lecture, and she didn’t want company.
“What?” she barked in anger.
Instead of an answer, Harper poked her head in the door and looked at her. “Want to talk?”
“No.” She closed her eyes and regretted staying in Harper’s room. She should have moved to the master weeks ago, but that would require ambition, and her’s was gone. Instead, Lucy had moved in and was never going to leave now.
“Too bad.” Harper barged into the room and sat on the edge of the bed, leaning over Buzz and blowing on her face until she opened her eyes in annoyance. “Talk to Harps about it, Buzzy.”
“Just leave me be.” Buzz pushed her way from her.
“It’s either talk or kick you out of my room.”
“Does Kaine know about your attachment to this room? Shouldn’t you be attached to his bedroom?”
“Oh, he knows of my attachment to his room and him, but he knows why I keep this one. We talk about stuff.” Harper shrugged.
“No, you do not.”
“Well, we do now. I’ve let him in, and now he knows way too much. Hell, he can even predict what I’m going to say sometimes. It’s annoying as hell.” She scrunched up her face at the admission.
“He shared a womb with Mom. Isn’t that weird for you?” Buzz tried another tactic that was sure to piss off the blonde and send her away.
“I expected better from you, now that you’ve dipped into that same pool—and liked it,” Harper rambled and then stopped and touched Buzz’s chin with her finger. “Loved it and him.”
“Don’t remind me. I have to get over him and get on with my life.”
“How’s work? Bex won’t say,” Harper said.
Buzz didn’t know if it was because Harper wouldn’t ask or because Bex really wouldn’t tell her. The two had gotten off on the wrong foot and had yet to become more than enemies, even if they were married to siblings. Everyone else got along with both of them equally.
“Good, it’s a job. I think I’m doing well at it. Bex is fun to work with; she really knows her stuff, even if she only just started as the director. Yesterday, Arabella brought in the twins. They’re adorable,” Buzz gushed.
“They are. Can you believe I have three nieces and nephews? Harper shook her head at the thought.
“Do you think Maby and Cliff or Mom and Harrison will start first?” Buzz wondered out loud.
Harper winked and said, “Sera is actively working on it, so I say them. But Maby has surprised me on enough occasions, so I wouldn’t put it past her.” Then she added, “Have you heard from Lou or Frankie?”
“Louisa calls every so often. Never Frankie. But they’re together and doing okay. Louisa might try school again in the fall. Not in literature this time, but marketing. I told her to come back here for it since Judith is gone, and we have a bedroom. We could teach her to be a Lovely. From what she tells me, Frankie already is one, though Frankie is a computer nerd, so she’s a little different from us.”
“What does she say about Judith?” Harper asked.
