Page 5 of David

Evan, the man who had a crush on her and would’ve done everything for her while she was obsessed with Ed, was more than fine.

A college student like us.

He went away, licking his wounds after falling in love with the wrong person.When it rains, it pours, they say, and she surely experienced all of that.

Ed Preston, like Lex Harrington and James Sexton––still the top dog in the county even now as a married man––was never on her radar.

And I, personally, would’ve never touched someone like him with a ten-foot pool.

Thea did.

It was a risk. Yes, it was. But she didn’t have time to think about it. She fell for him, and the universe took care of everything else.

And Rain Sexton?

Oh, don’t even get me started on Rain.

James Sexton would do anything for her.

I’m sure she didn’t have a plan either when she crossed paths with James many years ago.

Like Thea, she followed her heart and lived to tell the story.

And what a story it is.

The only reason I started to write a book was that Rain had authored several of them. And, frankly, none of them resonated with me, like the one called ‘Owned,’ penned under the name L. Carter.

That was the story of James and the man before him.

They both owned her in a sense. One had paid to own her body. The other stole her heart.

So Rain… Yes. What a tale. Every time I read that book, the flames of my creativity ignite, and my imagination goes wild.

Sadly, my own story, the one I’m trying to put down on paper, dwindles. My muse is fickle, lacking real-life inspiration.

Even so, I have no reason to complain.

I live my perfect little life, sipping coffee, basking in the sun, loving fall, and wrestling with my muse.

Everything else will come.

My story will come.

I’m sure of that.

“I do believe in your writing. I believe in everything you put your mind to.”

“But…”

“There is no but. I just hope you put your heart into it.”

“Don’t worry about my heart. I told you nothing’s wrong with me.”

I sigh, realizing I’m not getting anywhere with her. Besides, my mother is right. I have no reason not to go to Thea’s wedding.

Is it going to be stressful? Yes.

Will it drive me up the wall? Probably.

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