"..."
"So, I'm being serious. Come down, and we can keep our parents out of this."
Julian Sterling's words were nothing short of a threat.
Evelyn Grant had a million reasons not to see him, but with her mother involved, she had no choice but to compromise.
"If I come down, will you call my mom and tell her something came up last minute, that you can't make it tonight?"
Julian Sterling fell silent for a few seconds before speaking. "Didn't you ask me many times before to go with you to visit your mom?"
But he had refused every time, using his busy work schedule as an excuse.
"That was before!"
"But if I go with you now, wouldn't that put your mom's mind at ease?"
'He hated this feeling!'
'It was as if he was suddenly unwelcome everywhere in Evelyn Grant's world.'
"She doesn't need that anymore."
"And I don't need it either."
...
Seeing Julian Sterling again, Evelyn Grant couldn't quite name the feeling.
It felt like a lifetime had passed.
