Later that week I was surprised to receive not one, but two acceptance letters from the colleges I had secretly hoped to join. One was local, which meant I got to stay with Maggie, the other was where I had a sneaking suspicion Connor would be going.
I already knew that I wanted to stay living here with Maggie- regardless of anything else, I loved being near her. I felt like she was all I had in this world, and I didn’t want to be away from her. Most people couldn’t wait to move out and spread their wings- but I didn’t. I had absolute freedom, mostly because I didn’t have too much of a social life. But either way, I knew that Maggie had my back no matter what.
My doorbell rang then, and I answered it to see Connor grinning at me.
“Did you get your college letter?!”
His eyes were wid
