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“Wait, please, Sonnet.” He starts after me, but I spin to him and yell back in his face, “Don’t follow me!”
And he doesn’t.
* * *
I walkinto the house and Harmony is putting a few gifts under the tree.
She stands and her head tips. “You look…”
“Don’t,” I say firmly.
Her brows peak like fireworks. “Uh-oh. What happened?”
“He’s not who I thought it he was.”
She crosses her arms and lowers her eyebrows slowly. “Seemed pretty straight forward to me.”
“He had a private investigator look into me… into you… into all of us!” I shout whisper at her, hoping not to bring Nyck into this.
Her mouth drops open. “Who is he?”
“Jasper Walsh.”
The realization hits her. He’s never in the papers for more than a bulb flash moment. “The billionaire?”
“One and the same.”
“Wow.” There seem to be weird wheels turning in her head. “Sonnet, you know, he has a lot to protect. He was probably just being cautious.”
“Whose side are you on?”
Her normal sunny disposition sours into a cloudy face. “I’m here for you, but I want you to think about this.”
“Harmony, I want someone who trusts me.”
“Maybe he does now, but just couldn’t to start. I can imagine that—”
“Yeah, yeah, he said the same thing, many women have used him. Are you sure you’re just not looking for reasons to run away? Maybe you’re—”
“Where’s Jasper?” Nyck comes out rubbing his eyes.
My stomach clenches. “He had to go see his family.”
My son’s face falls. “Can we make pancakes?”
I force a smile. “Of course. Sounds great. Can you go get the mix out?”
“Sure!”
He runs to the kitchen, and I turn to Harmony.
“My life is fine without him.”
She bites her lip. “You know that I support you unconditionally, right?”
That’s what I want to hear. I open my mouth to offer my gratitude, but she holds up a hand.
“But this time… I want you to consider that maybe you’re scared, that you’re facing something that you’re not sure of. You had love and it ended sadly, but that doesn’t mean you have to be sad forever, Sonnet. It’s okay to be scared, but don’t let it cloud what might be another chance at happiness.”
