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Katie shook her head “Look, your dad was a dick for doing what he did to your uy is like your dad You won’t knohat Brett is like until you go there with him”

“I know that,” I said “I just don’t know if I’ on already This is soto understand why my mom is the way she is”

“It’s good to have insight into your mom’s life, but as much as Brett is not your dad, you are not your mom either This is your life”

I nodded I was so glad to have Katie asfelt impossible I took a deep breath and ran over all she had said in my mind Maybe Brett deserved a chance He did deserve to know, and maybe I should tell him The only problem was I had no idea how

Chapter 23

Brett

When Erica called in sick again, I was irritated at first I understood that a lot had been happening and that being the center of attention in the media, the e had been for the past while, was hard But Erica wasn’t the first person in history that had to deal with so through the sa into the office, to keep ether

Inan excuse to hide out in her apartment and not face the music

After thinking about it for a while, I decided I rong I was running on the anger of Friday night, and it was the wrong thing to do I knew Erica, and she had shouldered the responsibility the moment the news had leaked to the press She had coht the journalists and reporters the same way I had for a couple of days in a row before she had said she started feeling sick If she really was sick, it had to be serious for it to have gone on this long

Maybe I had to sounded pride after she had shut oing to be able to show her that I really did care about her was by not giving up I needed to convince her that I loved her At first, I hadn’t believed that myself I didn’t just fall in love I had always fucked around, and I had never cared about the women But Erica was different froh I had tried to convincefor her at first, I was done trying to deny it now The truth was that I did feel so for her A lot in fact

It was tiive up on her, not even when she tried her best to push me away After she had told rown up, it was understandable that she was slow to trustraised by a woman who believed men were the definition of evil had to have affected her somehow All I had to do was prove to her that I wasn’t like that When she had shunnedThis tiht by her

I took care of everything in the office I needed to handle urgently before I headed out Shane could take over for me where he didn’t need me present

Before driving to Erica’s place, I stopped and bought her food There was nothing like a war sick, and the chicken noodle soup I had taken her last tione down very well I wanted her to know that I wanted to take care of her That I wasn’t just in this for the sex and the good ti to stick out the bad times with her too

When I arrived at her apart, I didn’t do what I had done before I didn’t h the back entrance Instead, I walked to the front door I hoped the media would see me I wanted theoing to let a bit of bad publicity get between one public with our relationship when Erica had suggested it, but I had been a fool I couldn’t change what I had done before, but I could change how I moved forward

I was just about to buzz Erica’s apartment when the door opened and one of the residents stepped out I slipped in through the open door to surprise Erica It was partly because I wanted to surprise her and partly because I didn’t want her to turn me away if she kneas at the door Aside fro, the last words we had exchanged hadn’t been pleasant I didn’t want her to hold onto that whilea decision whether to let me in