Redesigning Fate (Revive #1) - A. M. Wilson Page 0,85
past couple of weeks, life has been really good. As we approach June, I have been finding more steadiness in my life than I have in the past three years. Scratch that, probably in the past seventeen. Life before Travis wasn’t very great. I can’t blame only him for the colossal mess in my life. He found me messed up. In the end, he just contributed to it.
Now, life is better than I could have ever dreamed.
My job has been steadily progressing in the right direction. Michelle and I get along so well I almost wish she wasn’t my boss so we could be friends. However, we keep things professional, and I couldn’t ask for a better supervisor. We are on the same level when it comes to organization and our methods. I swell with pride when I think about where I came from, and where I am now. Five years ago, I would have never seen myself on the path I’m on today, and here I am with a full time job, making money, spending time with friends...
And Elias.
He’s been my rock through everything. After the detectives showed up at the law firm a few weeks ago, I haven’t seen or heard from them since. Travis has been thankfully absent from his stalking ways as of late also, and the amount of relief I feel is tangible.
“So how’s the sex?” She asks shamelessly, lifting her glass to her plump shimmering lips.
I snort and roll my eyes with a scowl. “I should have known that’d be your first question. Can I at least get through my first glass of wine?”
“Baby doll, you know me. Girl time isn’t girl time without the sex talk. And since it’s been months since you’ve contributed to this conversation, I’m dying for details,” she retorts, shifting on the couch to straighten her gray yoga pants and pull her purple long sleeved tee down her torso.
Shifting uncomfortably, I retort, “And you know me. I’m not one to share those details.”
“Okay, fine,” she sighs. “I guess I’ll go first. You know Tommy, that DJ I saw last week?”
“Mmhm,” I mutter with my lips wrapped around my glass. Here we go again.
“Amazing. I’m telling you, so much better than I thought it’d be. He did this thing, right? He flipped me like, upside down. And then his cock—ˮ
My hands slap against my ears so hard I make them ring. “Jesus, Carly! I don’t want to hear about his cock. Just this once, please, spare me. I’ve been listening to these stories for four years.” The smirk that graces her face is more than telling.
“Are you going to share then? Because I’m more than happy to talk.” I give her the bird, and she laughs. “Just tell me if he’s any good. That’s all I want to know.”
My eyes roll again, but I can’t help the grin that stretches across my face. “Have you seen him?” I giggle. “Yes he’s good. Now, drop it, okay? That’s all you’re getting from me.”
Carly leans back, stretches her legs out onto the coffee table, and sighs. “Hmm. Yes, I can drop it. You’re right. I have seen him, and I have all the visual I need.”
“You’re a pig,” I reply through a belly laugh.
Carly flicks on the TV as I grab us another bottle of wine from the fridge. On my way back into the living room, a loud knock sounds on the door.
“Who’s that?” Carly calls out from her perch on the couch where she’s channel surfing.
“No clue. I’m not expecting anybody.”
Setting the chilled bottle of wine down on the table in the foyer, I make my way over to the peephole. I stretch onto my tippy toes, but I can’t see anybody outside. Elias is supposed to be at Sinclair’s tonight. We agreed I’d be okay to come home and see Carly since I wouldn’t be alone. Plus, I needed to do laundry. Even though we haven’t had trouble for a while, I’ve still been staying with him. Part of me is afraid to voice the situation aloud. His home is comfortable, and I’m not ready to come back to my apartment yet. More truthfully, though, I don’t want to lose the connection we’ve built.
Carly is here, and that is a huge comfort to me as I swing the heavy door inward. Had I been alone, I wouldn’t have opened it. My jaw drops in shock at the man standing on the sidewalk in front of my apartment, staring up