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Alex

My phone beeped, alertingfor, and I took it out and looked at it The smile that’s always there at about this time every day spread across er over her face on the screen before hitting her number in contacts

I have her texting ets in the house from school, then I call her back if I’, don’t teh I’d stay on the phone with her all day if I could

We don’t exchange risqué pictures, like any norht find suspect I keep everything above board and as strea a thin line here But that shit’s about to end soon, and I can hardly contain the excitement

It’s been hard as hell surrounded by all this love and being the only one not attached to someone who looks at me the way Sian looks at Jace or the way Belle does Jared, and then, of course, there’s Track and Shane and their wives

I try to look at their relationshipsto be envious of, but it’s not always easy So on for da the walls

But things are about to change; she’s finally reaching that age where I don’t have to walk on eggshells, don’t have to hold back what I feel for her and sheourselves in check while our friendskids

Now the closer we get to that point, theBefore her, before I knew that I wanted her, this situation, I findthe field on a ca in a luxury complex with all the necessities anyone could possibly need at ertips

But I went and fell in love with so is until ht’ve walked away coht’ve convincedlife, as usual, s that came my way

It’s easy to do that where we co e are, and the truth is, I always expectedbut parties and bedding as many women as would allow me to have them

I never in a uy I auy aits around for that one call to brighten upright in front of e to stray

It never once enteredto build together and not because I know enuinely deep down inside, cherish just the thought of ill one day share together, her and I

She answered on the first ring as usual, and I got to hear about her day I listened to her every word, taking it all in I’h, but to the tone in her voice My little innocent hasn’t yet learned how to hide her true feelings from me, and I hope she never does

It’s one of the best things about finding each other so young, we’re growing together, and I’ to know the real her before she learns how to fabricate shit Today she sounded like her bright, beautiful self, so I was able to relax

Since I’d left for school, leaving her back inable to see her every day except on Facetime, I’ve had lots of et started onsomeone could make you feel like you’d lost a limb

Before, even though I kept ot to see her, got to keep tabs on how she was doing But now that I’m here, so far away, I literally feel like a very vital part of

So these phone calls and the tih a screen are now the highlights of my life And since Mandy’s been put away, my baby had lost that look of dooirl she hen I first noticed her