Page 47 (2/2)

Luckily, I’d yet to experience anything that I couldn’t co her insane She hated that I didn’t fight back

Me? Well, I just hated her, period

I officially had two more weeks at Tool & Associates in San Antonio, Texas before an

I had officially graduated, I’d passed the Bar, and noas on rownup job with a firm that would put my skills to use Well, I would be when I found a job, anyway

The only proble Tool & Associates to offerwith theet an offer or anything I ive

What the absolute fuck?

Needless to say, I had a feeling that had a lot to do with Shondra seeing as she was vying for the same job

Shondra, as staring at thefor

Shondra, as glaring atto Theo

I wanted to scream, “I saw him first!”

Yet, I ed to control myself Barely

“Uh, yeah,” Theo said, his eyes bouncing from me to Shondra and back “I didn’t realize y’all knew each other”

Theo looked torn, as if he wanted to invite Shondra to have a seat, but he didn’t want to do that withthere

I chose to allow them their space and scooted out of the booth without another word

I’d just placed one foot onto the ground outside of the booth when Theo stopped me

“No, stay,” Theo suggested “There’s enough roo y’all, correct?”

I wanted to stay about as much as I wanted a root canal

“Urab a drink But thanks”

Theo caught hold of my hand when I would’ve taken off, and I narrowed my eyes at the hand that I’d wished so hard would hold me once upon a time

It was then, at that moment, that I realized my stupidity

I’d done everything in et hiotten that I orthone man my sole, undivided attention when he didn’t want it

I was cheapening myself

Foolingmyself that one day maybe he would notice me

When I realized he hadn’t once seen me for me

He’d seen Katy

He’d obviously seen Shondra

Who he hadn’t seen was Rowen

I was invisible to him