Alexis looks down at her burner phone, seeing a message from Cressida. Cressida is the only one with the number and only Jade knows about it, the others don’t, Lucas doesn’t, she hasn’t spoken to him since the day she left, she hasn’t checked in, she hasn’t texted, there has been nothing but there isn’t a single moment that she doesn’t think about him.
She opens it slowly, reading through the contents, nodding her head. She has got used to being by herself now. It was an adjustment period but it has been over a month, getting very close to the two month point. Doing this by herself has been such a change since Lucas coming into her life. She has always had someone, she went from so alone to so loved, accepted and needed. Even when they were separated for the brief stint, she still felt l
