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Ripper – Are you going to have a good time?
Me – I hope so.
Ripper – Then it was money well spent.
Me – When will you be ready?
Nothing.
Thirty minutes later, my mom called me back.
She couldn’t figure out who paid it, but was happy, nonetheless. Dad looked at me and lifted a brow, and for the first time in my life, I lied to him and shrugged my shoulders.
They didn’t know about anything that was going on.
And I wasn’t planning on telling them.
Not until he made that move.
And as the weeks flew by... then two months... he still hadn’t made the move.
Perhaps he really wasn’t my Alexander anymore, like he told me the day he left.
And that was a truth I was going to have to come to grips with... soon.
***
We went on our family vacation to the Caribbean.
I watched so many couples in love.
I watched how my dad was with my mom.
I wanted that.
Yes, I’d had that once.
But now... I was older... perhaps it was time to let him go.
I had just shut the door to my hotel room when my phone pinged with a text.
Ripper – One day, I’ll be there with you.
This time, I didn’t reply.
***
I just walked into my apartment and dropped my bags on the floor.
My phone pinged.
Ripper – You look beautiful.
Tears hit my eyes... but I didn’t reply.
***
I turned on my back when I felt him enter my bedroom.
