"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?"

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

growing more frustrated when

now it's time for you to leave

like a slap in the

dandy when you're with Quincy, but I'm messing around' if I have met friends? Everett,

passed, and he hadn't pushed her away.

"I"

go. I don't want to argue and I don't want the

had been trying so hard to keep it together, and she didn't want Everett to be the reason she

need to know who these guy

before, focused solely on

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