Chapter 14
Allen
He's endured my crappy attitude for weeks now, and Grant has had enough.
"What's your problem lately? You've been impossible to deal with," he snaps at me the Monday morning I'm closing on the properties Brielle found for me.
I grumble under my breath before I finally confess it all - my unexpected reaction to her, the guilt, and my horrible treatment of Brielle the day we met in person.
It is Grant's suggestion that I call and try to make amends after I finally tell him why I am wound up so tightly that I've almost ceased to function like a normal person.
"You're only hurting yourself," he says gently. "Mary knew what she was doing when she made you make that promise. The way to honor her is to keep it."
I sigh and slump my shoulders.
"After the way I treated Brie
