Dorothy paused for a few seconds, her nod stiff and awkward. "Yeah, you surely know what's best for you." "That's right, Dorothy! After all, if I became a stepmom, I'd be the fairy tale kind of stepmother!" Dorothy watched as Karen forced a smile, entertaining herself with the joke. But it wasn't funny. Not one bit.

What they didn't realize was that Jeffrey hadn't left all night.

He had stood at the doorstep of Karen's apartment, exhausted, eventually sitting on the steps, leaning against the wall.

It felt like only by being there, he could be a little closer to her.

Anyway, it was better than going back to that cold mansion.

Come early morning, just as Jeffrey had barely closed his eyes, he sensed someone looming over him! He jolted awake, looking up to see the figure.

"Everett! You—" Everett, with his thick eyebrows furrowed, bent down to shush him.

at the apartment door with a low voice, "Come downstairs." "Oh." Jeffrey got up from the step, his

stairs; both strikingly handsome, the

early, and the neighborhood was quiet. Otherwise, there would surely be some

avoid drawing attention, Everett

man?" Everett had shared his situation

rough,” Jeffrey said after thinking for a moment, then added, "Rougher than me." Everett glanced at him through the rear-view mirror, "Not as rough as you think, buddy. I've got two kids. Karen didn't agree, did she?" He could

muttered under his breath, now cozy in the comfortable seat, his drowsiness returning full

nothing, and just

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