I play with my sandwich, my appetite vanishing. “He wants to meet up tonight. Do you think I should say yes?”
“Yes!” my friend says loudly. “Go out with him. Let him spoil you. You clearly like him, Alice. I keep telling you this. Give him a chance. Not everybody’s a monster.”
My lips curve slightly. Mary told me the same thing. Maybe I should just take their advice and go out with Darian. I didn’t want to see him, now that he knows what he knows, but this might not be the worst idea. If he’s willing to accept me as I am, isn’t that what I’ve always wanted? To be accepted as I am?
As I finish the sandwich, I find myself smiling.
*****
Darian told me to meet him at the restaurant, but when I exit my building, a car is waiting for me. At first, I ignore it, but a blond man gets out of t
