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The next morning, Hadley was on her way to Duke’s. She hated they hadn’t talked in days but didn’t know what else to say either.
She knew she’d have to come up with something. She worked for him.
But in this case it didn’t happen where she had to take that step first. He’d taken it and he even apologized. It did help her sleep a little better last night.
She’d almost typed back she was sorry too and then stopped herself.
She didn’t do anything wrong. She had to stop apologizing in those situations. Hadn’t he told her enough times along with her parents to stop doing that?
Did she worry that he might be annoyed she’d left him on read with that text? She did. But told herself it was better this way.
Was it her finding a backbone? Yeah, it was.
No, he’d never said she needed one. He’d told her to stand up for herself and that was what she was going to do today.
She rang the bell on the front porch after she’d taken a deep breath. It was opened almost immediately.
“Hey,” he said. “No reason to ring the bell. Just come in.”
“I wasn’t sure how welcome I’d be,” she said.
He frowned. “I told you I was sorry. This is on me, not you. I should have been more worried you wouldn’t show up.”
There she was slipping back into the role of taking the blame for something she didn’t even do.
She wasn’t going to be the victim or that darn doormat again.
“It smells good in here.”
“I made French toast. The same breakfast you didn’t get to eat on Sunday. Sorry about that too.”
“That was on me. I walked out,” she said. “Probably childish of me.”
“No,” he said. “I had it coming. I’m sorry for my reaction. I’m going to assume you talked to your parents? If not, I’ll fill you in.”
“I did talk to them. If I’d known, I would have never said what I did. And I was only asking anyway.”
“I know all of that,” he said. “I want to give you a little background while I feed you. It doesn’t justify what I did or how I acted, but it might help with why I reacted the way I did.”
He fixed her a plate and she sat down. She’d hear him out because she wanted to be heard too.
And she wanted this yummy breakfast in front of her.
“Go ahead while I eat,” she said.
He smiled at her and she realized how much she missed that the past few days.
The long blonde hair of his was loose and flowing past his shoulders. Those broad shoulders she’d told herself again and again not to lean on too much.
“Being a Bond family member isn’t easy. Those on the outside think everything has been handed to us.”
“I can see where that is a thought from many.”
“I don’t have the last name of Bond, but on this island, people know who is who. You know that. You also know the wealth that each side has is different too.”
