NICOLE
“Daphne is my ex,” Sebastian explains after a few beats of silence. “She and I broke things off about three months ago.”
“That’s not too long ago,” I comment.
“It feels like it is,” he claims as he turns his head to look at me. “Things were ugly for us, and I just wanted closure. I still do. I don’t understand why my mother would invite someone who cheated on me.”
I nearly choke on the gasp that was going to slip from my lips, but I’ve managed not to make a sound. I don’t mean to make him uncomfortable in any way.
He’s confiding in me, and I want him to know that I take that very seriously.
“I’m sorry about that,” is the only polite thing I can think to say.
Sebastian nods at me, then smiles a little. “Then again, that’s my family for you.”
“I take it your mother likes
