"No matter who comes around, I'm always gonna be Abigail and Langston's dad."

He was right, and Dorothy knew it. There was no coming back from that statement.

"You haven't answered my question, got any plans tonight?" Everett seemed almost too eager to find out, as if it was his mission. He was curious.

Well, she didn't feel like satisfying his curiosity!

"That's my own business as a single woman," she retorted, ready to walk away, but Everett suddenly grabbed her wrist, holding it tight.

"You got a date?"

"Everett, let go!"

His hand was slightly damp and cool from washing the dishes, an unexpected reminder of their once shared domestic life. Dorothy had intended to set clear boundaries, to stop herself from harboring any more illusions. Yet, she hadn't anticipated such a strong reaction from him.

"Who are you seeing? Karen?"

snapped back, even though she knew the remark lacked bite. After all, Karen really was her only female friend. "But

this, Everett's

"Guy friends? Kenneth?"

not the

"You better

grip, growing more frustrated when she

now it's time for you to leave and stop meddling

like a

you're with Quincy, but I'm

his mother passed, and he hadn't pushed her away.

"I"

want to argue and

point. She had been trying so hard to keep it together, and she didn't want Everett

need to know who these guy friends

before, focused solely on the

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