Alexa
Fall passed quickly and by the first snowfall in December, my heart had begun to heal, though I knew I’d never forget Cade. Or Lily, for that matter. I still missed them both terribly, but my pride wouldn’t let me contact him. He’d made his choice and it was a choice that couldn’t include me. In some aspects, it was the same pattern I’d experienced growing up. My dad chose work over family, and my mom chose her social activities over me way too many times to count. Only with Cade’s choice to take that job, the betrayal was that much more devastating.
Over the past few weeks, I’d somehow fallen into the routine of actively dating Peter. Maybe it was because he was easy to be around and alleviated the feeling of being alone, or maybe because it made my mother so ridiculously happy,
