CHAPTER TWELVE
A few weeks had passed since Gwen’s wedding, and I'd never felt so alone. Grayson had called numerous times to make sure I was okay, and I repeatedly told him I was fine. I lied. I wasn’t fine at all.
I considered giving him a call, but I really didn’t want to burden him with my problems. Besides, he and Ricki had been getting on like a house on fire, and I didn’t want to cause any upset there.
Ricki had approached me at work and asked if I minded if she dated him. I’d laughed and said that we were very good friends but nothing else, and that I was really happy for them both. I wished them all the happiness in the world. Secretly, though, I wondered whether he’d told her about his mother.
Since I'd returned from Portugal, work had been really weird. Mr. Negativity had gr
