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I tookfucked and discarded so easily I should be used to it, but after soMade irl in foster care all over again, and I just could not abide that feeling Not fucking ever again I packed s and loaded up my car and went back home
To a construction zone Not that I expected the contractors to perforic, but I really didn’t want to think of soinside my hoed”
Jase, the head contractor gave a syrin “It’s your house Ms Quinton, but it would be safer if you used one of the other entrances This flooring isn’t quite ready for any weight yet” He sighed and met me in the back “We should be no more than three more days”
“That’s fine, Jase I appreciate you guys fitting ht have to wait at least a et them out, so I was happy they were almost done “I’ll be in my room”
My emotions were all over the place andfro from how he could just walk away from me and I didn’t even mean the sex stuff It pissed me off that I’d let myself rely on someone else for my safety I hadn’t done that since I was ten and a half years old and realized I only hadthat he’d left
But I did care, dammit And that pissed me off more But that was over; he’d made it more than clear that he was done with the burden of my personal security One call to a local security company and someone had come out to do a consultation within the hour I ith the Cadillac package, video surveillance, hts and a loud alar and no one would
I spent the rest of the day getting ement party, and after one final call to Mandy to check out the dessert spread, I felt pretty good about the party I’d never thrown an engageout, but maybe it would expandto do and since I had no idea where Tate was, or if he was ever co back, I called someone else
“Hey Jag, sorry to bother you but I need you to send the invite for the party to Max and Jana”
He took a long pause before he responded “Isn’t Tate doing that?”
“He’s gone and I need to ets done Can I rely on you to do this?”
“Yeah, sure,” he sighed “I’ll et it and that both of them show up”
“Thank you, Jag You’re the best”
“Yeah, yeah Tell all of your friends Please”
I laughed but before I could say anything else he’d ended the call As Ito-do list, I beca quiet as the contractors and then the security consultant knocked off for the day The quiet grew louder, highlighting just how alone I was again and the creep factor set e
Too wound up to eat, I decided to try and get so unconsciousness would , or at least quieter It didn’t Mostly because I couldn’t get to sleep I got up and went to the living room where I worked in front of the TV until I just couldn’t keep er Two hours later and my fitful sleep was over