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Stella: Where are you?

I’d already texted Jeff four times and called him five, with no response

“He’s going to come There’s no way he would stand me up today of all days I'm sure his phone just died I’ here on the day that means the most to me”

I stood in front of the bathroo to shake off allto shake off the fact that Jeff hadn’t arrived yet It was a quarter past nine and the show began at eight Yet still,in the bathroom Otherwise, people would start to wonder why the artist was not walking around her own display

“Stella? There’s so to see you I’anizer of the event, said from outside the bathroom door

I swung the door open, feeling the butterflies in the pit ofthat Jeff had finally arrived I wanted to be angry with hi my artith someone I cared about

“He’s here?” I asked, swinging to open the bathrooown and feltso hard froallery shoas so i, it felt like nothingto show hi to prove that I was taking my career seriously, just as he did his own

“Yes, he's here Also, I’osh, that is a good-looking piece of man” Marie tossed her hands up in surrender “But just to be clear, I would never hit on him I have my own man to do that with,” she joked

I thanked Marie for notifying me of Jeff’s arrival, yet when I walked out of the bathroom, I was shocked to see that my boyfriend was nowhere to be found Yet in front of me was a very well-dressed husband of mine Damian stood there dressed to the nines as he always did, looking around at the gallery of artwork on the walls

After shaking off the fact that my boyfriend was nowhere to be found, I walked over to Da behind him as he stared at one of my favorite pieces It was titled Blue “You came”

“I gave you my word”

“If only others’ words meant as much as yours,” I muttered

He raised an inquisitive eyebrow

I shook my head and pushed out a smile “Never mind Is Kelsey with you?”

“We went to dinner but decided not to attend together”

“Oh no, is everything okay between you two? She had so ood to say about you—”

“I’d rather not speak about her”