Alina pov
“Dad brought some hoochie to visit me before you came. She talked too damn much and had too much make up on.”
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“You're telling me why?”
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“Dad’s trying to replace you. And your just getting ready to go to your assistant’s thanksgiving party”
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“You fully know that our marriage was over even before you went off to college”
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“But you never told me why. Was it because of the late nights he worked? Were you lonely?”
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Oh I know he wasn’t with the many mistresses he had. But I can't just tell her that. Thankfully she doesn’t have any resentment towards me, especially since I was the one who raised her,”I just don’t want the past to come to light Julia so let it be. Ok how do i look” I spinned after putting my heels on and pairing them with the black shirt I have on. I didn’t want to seem like I was trying so I put on the jeans I rarely wear but I thought I looked good.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuuXrFvmjz4
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“Is this Mia someone you want to impress?”
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“I- what no i just- is it too much?”
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“Put on some sneakers and your shirt is almost inviting people to look at your boobs mom.”
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“I think the shirts are fine.” She crosses her arms looking at me and I feel like my closet space is smaller with her eyes on me. And dammit they look just like mine to make it worse.
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“Do you have a side hustle you're not telling me about?”
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“Julia, will you just go to your car? I'll meet you there.”
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“I know you have Anderson but have you even been working on that? It’s been years since the car crash. I know it was traumatic but what if Andy isn’t here anymore?”
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“God it’s like I created my mother again.”
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“Fine, I'm going to get the car warm.”
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“Well I'm already ready now, let's just go”
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“I haven’t seen that shirt in a while.”
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“Mhmm” I haven’t seen her yet. Is she avoiding me? It’s her own home and I'm making her avoid me. I knew I shouldn't have come after her reaction. What is she going to do about work then?
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“Alina?”
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“Oh I’m sorry Miss Lexy”
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“Oh please don’t call me that, it’s Andrea and Andy for short. You're only a little younger than me so I don't want any formality Alina”
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Right, that’s just a great reminder of how much older I am than her. And what a damn cringe to hear it from her mother,”Is your daughter single?”
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“What- oh i think so i guess”
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She simply smiles before our heads turn to a large thud from beyond the house,”i didn’t think she hid it so far in storage, I’ll go help her”
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“Uhm, you know what Mi- Andrea? Why don’t I go help? I have a good eye for things so it won’t take that long”
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“You know what this is what i meant about coming on too strong Andy”
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“I think I was fine, thank you very much.”
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Their talk becomes muffled when I round the corner to a small hallway with three doors. I head straight to the last one after hearing an enfolded curse and another thud finding her crouched looking into a box. There were several even some spilled over onto the floor but that only distracted me for a while before my attention swayed to her,”Mia”
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She gasped, covering her heart with her hand, looking at me almost falling over even.”What are you looking for?” That’s not what I wanted to ask but we didn’t exactly have leverage to do anything more with people only a few feet away.
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“It’s a Mezzaluna. Like a knife but has two handles on each side. Instead of using the perfect pasta maker I bought for her, she'd rather use that.”
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I spotted something shiny with an engraved handle from one of the boxes in the back. Not wanting to make a fool of myself I carefully moved boxes out of the way instead of just jumping to get the item. Once I reached it just like she described it had two handles that both had the inscription ‘Lexy’ on them. I turned and she looked surprised before giving that heart warming smile of hers,”thank you i thought i was never going to find it”
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Our fingers brushed when she took it from me and I could see she wanted to run. But we needed to talk sooner or later so I grabbed her before she tried to leave, holding her in place,” we need to talk… Can I see you tomorrow?”
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“Uh- tomorrow no, i have a thing with Liam and my mom but Saturday is good. ...Do you regret it?”
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“Not in the slightest but not talking about this is even more dangerous”
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She’s quick to smile but I was quicker in closing the gap and she sighed into the kiss. I looked back out to the open door, closing it before my hands then guided her back. I might’ve been despite right now but it was almost as if she expected me to do this. I quietly backed her up to the wall starting to nip and bite at her bottom lip feeling her clench at my side then hearing a thud. I looked down to the knife that landed safely at her side but her eyes widened, motioning for me to go back some.
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I’m startled as the door swings open by Andrea but I only wonder how she sensed she was coming,”well here it is!”, She bends down to pick the knife up looking at it with a sort of admiration,”come on you two” I only nod noting Mia brush her bottom lip against her teeth before leaving behind the woman. I might not feel like waiting for saturday...
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