Jessie knew she could not stay in the room forever– actually she could, by it was going to be weird. She walked to the living room slowly, dreading seeing Gracie with her arms around Theo again. It hurt too much.
Gracie was still there and they were laughing about something. It stung but Jessie knew she had no hold over Theo. And even if she did, was she going to stop him from being with his friend? When he looked so genuinely happy? She cared for him, of course, and she didn’t want to ruin his chances at happiness...
Jessie shook her head to clear her thoughts, pasted a smile on her face and said as lightly as she could, "I hope I'm not interrupting anything?"
Gracie and Theo turned towards her with smiles on their faces and shook their heads quickly, clearly wanting to go back to the
