Page 15 of It'll Always Be Her

Adam slipped his phone back into his pocket, his thoughts returning to Bee.

He wasn’t worried about his mother, his relatives, or any family friends trying to set him up with an array of lovely eligible women if he showed up at the party without a date.

They’d once been all over matchmaking him with their daughters and nieces, a campaign his mother fully supported until his fall from grace had shattered the illustrious success surrounding him.

After Julie walked out on him, he waspersona non gratain their social circle. People wanted to be associated with the Powers family but not with the lying, cheating, disgraced Adam.

He turned back to the blueprint. If it were up to him, he’d skip the party altogether, but Laura wanted him there, and he’d still do anything for his sister. She was the one person who’d stuck by him through the whole mess, even when their parents had cut him off.

No, it wouldn’t be easy facing down the judgmental, high-end society crowd who surrounded his parents, but he’d suck it up and do it.

He’d lost his belief in many things over the years—truth, honesty, trust, doing the right thing—but he still believed in showing up. Innothiding.

In hoping he still had the power to turn his life around.

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