Thirty
Careena
“Is this Bring Your Bio-Mom To Work Day?” Duke teases the next morning. He seems ten-times lighter than usual and from the way he and Alice are interacting again, I can guess why that is. If only my own family dynamic wasn’t so strained.
“She insisted. Ada wants to sit down with Mom and talk about ‘boundaries’ and ‘keeping her in the loop’. I got a scolding when you left last night.” I pout thinking of how much Ada over-reacted. “You should have stepped in and saved me. I kept waiting for you to knock on the door.”
“I was talking with my sister.” He glances over his shoulder to where Alice is typing on her laptop. “We worked through some things.”
“I’m happy for you.”
He wraps his arms around me from behind and plays a chord. His scent lures me to close my eyes and inha
