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Prologue

Maggie

And then there was one, I thought I picked upthe same so I didn’t look out of place Easton, Missy’s boyfriend had just proposed to her It looked like she was genuinely surprised and honestly, so was I Easton hadn’t said anything to us when the two of them had invited us to their dinner party, so I had no reason to suspect anything

Kind of weird though Ianyway? Wasn’t it e? It was an inconvenience to the people who had to watch it and what if she said no?

Careful, Mags, you sound ht about now and not the fun, flirty kind

That was the natural progression of things anyway First cae, and then the baby in the baby carriage I rolledfor more wine I was happy for then, seriously, I was Missy washer roup; her, ue and friend, Brenna, and their friend, Eddy, I was the only single one

I knew it didn’t really ed, it didn’t feel as lonely over here at the lass ine and since I didn’t want to look like the one drowning her sorrows, I offered to top up other peoples as well

“I’ll take soue said when I offered him some wine He smiled and we made brief eye contact His date, as her name? Alyssa? She didn’t want any Good call She had barely eaten any of the delicious food that Easy and Missy had catered tonight, and she was about the size of a twig so more booze would bowl her over I watched her sit there a little aardly She was the only true stranger at this get-together, knowing neither Easton nor Missy… nor did she see honest, but that was none of my business

Toby and I were the only ones invited eren’t in a couple and while he had brought a date, I had not I didn’t have anyone on the roster, not because I couldn’t find anyone but because I didn’t want anyone filling that role When Ithis sorry forunattached

Being see couples on every side, you would think that I caught the bug and wanted to join in, but at this point in my life, I was over it

Now, those ht have sounded like the sentiments of a fifty-year-old wo husband after a thirty-year rand old age of twenty-seven, I had had enough Maybe I didn’t have as much reason to be so over love and relationships as someone who had had it worse, but I was

Since thearound Easton’s loft,some more wine before theythe brand, spanking new ring on Missy’s finger but I didn’t want to approach I didn’t want ht for them

There was a terrace attached to the loft, completely private which we hadn’t used because it had rained earlier today, and it was all wet The weather had turned though, and the doors were open, letting in a nice cool breeze I noticed Toby and his date walking out together As everyone kind of paired off with their dates or spouses, I felt o home

I picked up lass and went over to Missy and Easton so that I could bid theht

“You’re leaving already?” Missy asked

“Yup, earlyfor work to about that part I worked for her and earlyher to tell me to take tomorrow and probably a couple agement

“No really?” Missy asked She looked at me quizzically, but she didn’t push otten to watch the not so rosy parts of her relationship with Easton leading up to this beautiful union so I knew she was empathetic

“Feel free to grab a bottle of wine if you want,” Easton said as I hugged hiuy, I was happy for Missy but tonight, my emotions were

afro all over again every time that I blinked