More Than Promised by Max Hudson

Author:Max Hudson [Hudson, Max]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-11-26T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

Riley

The rest of the weekend was uneventful. I kept Izzy’s things in my trunk as her surprise party wasn’t until the following weekend. Sam and Cat were all on board for the party and put themselves in charge of planning it. All I had to do was show up. When I mentioned William, they’d gone silent.

“I mean, I think it’s a little weird that he suddenly wants to show up. I get he’s your boss and everything, but he wasn’t really around much,” Cat had said over lunch the previous day. She wasn’t the biggest William Carter fan and she had her reasons. Most of them being me. She was the baby of the family, but she turned into a mama bear whenever it came or Sam and me.

“It is a little weird, bro,” Sam agreed. “I’m sure mama will be happy to have him there because she’s just nice like that but it’s still weird. He stopped coming around over a decade ago. Why is he trying to weasel his way back into our lives now?”

I sighed and stared out at the street. I didn’t want to sound like a prick by telling them it wasn’t their lives he was trying to be in but mine, except there was no way to say that without sounding like a prick so instead, I said nothing.

They went on about the weirdness of William coming around until I couldn’t take it anymore.

“Look,” I said harshly and they both fell silent. “We all know what he’s done and how much it hurt. But he’s my boss, he’s also the only connection I have left of my parents. No, I’m not happy with the way he ghosted on me. No, I will never forget it, but I don’t want to live the rest of my life resenting a man for handling his grief the way that he did. He did what he thought was best for him and his heart, no matter how selfish we may think it was.

“It isn’t our place to judge or condemn him. He loved my parents. My father was his best friend and when he died, William basically lost a brother. He could have handled his grief differently, but he didn’t and that’s something he’s learning to face. I want to move on. I want to forgive him and finally let this hurt go. I want to live my life without the hate and the grudges. You guys are my family and, in a way, so is he. So, can you at least pretend to make him feel welcome. For me?”

They both stared at me for a long time before they nodded. Cat took my hand and gave it a squeeze. It was her way of apologizing without actually saying the words. Sam had sighed before he patted my shoulder. Then the subject was dropped, and we enjoyed the rest of our lunch.

I was sitting at my desk when someone loomed over me. I nearly shouted in excitement as I looked up at a smiling Reese.

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