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“That sounds hopeful” She kne long I’d wanted to do the surgery and to have my dad back home

“Yeah, I’ does”

We sat a while just visiting and when she left she pro if he ca and tell him I had to quit, and Lindy had already prepared to take the shift so they wouldn’t be left hanging

I had handed in e I’d like to give Chance, I’d shaken my head But now as I sat there I wish I’d told hi In a way, I wanted him to know he’d hurt me, but in another, I didn’t want hies I could have left, but kneas not good to sit and think of what should or could have been I needed to s better for my situation as well as my father’s He had to be my number one priority and Chance needed to be history

I hadn’t bothered to take any of the clothes that he’d bought me in Paris, or the dresses that he’d left in the closet I knew those were things that he’d given the others, and I didn’t want to be anything more like them If I didn’t need the hundred thousand so badly I’d have thrown it all in his face, but I had more than earned that money

I soaked in the tub, and got ready for bed, hoping that things would be better once I got through the next day Maybe in time, I could put Chance behind me, and the memories of him would fade

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN - CHANCE

Waiting on Monday to coelo’s for a few hours Sunday hoping to see her friend Lindy

I woke up late and cursed, seeing that the diner had opened two hours ago I needed to check and see if she’d shown up for her ht be in

“Are you heading out again?” Nate sipped his coffee and stared at his phone

“Yes, and I hope to see her today I’ll bribe Lindy if I have to just to get a moment with her”

“That ht not be wise; you knoomen are protective of one another”

“I’m sure a five-thousand-dollar tip will buy me what I need, especially when I explain that I’ht in and declare that fact the moment I saw her I’d played it out in ht and day before She’d be in that sexy waitress uniforht up and kiss her, or maybe she’d be so excited, we’d run to each other It seemed like a cheesy love scene in a B movie, but I’d take it

“You ht piss her off What if she just wants to be left alone? The billionaire status intimidates some people, you know Some people are not impressed by it, and you already admitted she’s special and not like the others”

“Thanks for the ounce of hope, friend” I grabbed ht and then went to rab my shoes