Chapter 2

The drive home seemed like it took forever- even though it was only about 20 miles. I was hoping I didn’t crush Will’s self confidence too easily. I felt awful that he had went through such a terrible accident that would leave him without an arm, and just when hope was attainable for him to be able to fit in, he was deemed unacceptable by society. People were always so judgmental and and broke my heart… especially since he seemed like such a nice guy.

I pulled into my complex and let myself in. My condo was nothing special. It was just big enough for me. I wasn’t someone who was for flashy, over the top things… even though I could afford it. My mother passed and left my brother and I a huge inheritance. More than we knew what to do with honestly. Neither of us have spent much of our halves, but what we have spent has been mostly on our education. My mother would have been proud. Thinking of her saddened me. I missed her more than I ever let on.

The lease on my condo was up at the end of the year, so Jared and I decided at that point it would be perfect to finally move in together. I will have completely finished my education, and hopefully have a decent job by then. Not to mention that we have been together for three years at that point and it just made sense to both of us. To be honest, I’ve actually been waiting for him to propose and surprised he hasn’t already.

I quickly get my shower. I don’t think I could be any happier washing the sweat off of me from a long, hot morning. Jared didn’t say that we were going to be doing anything special today, so I threw my hair up in a bun and grabbed my sweats and an old t-shirt from my dresser drawer. As I was putting on my shoes, I text Jared that I was just about to leave my place. I was really hoping that by giving him a heads up that he would order in food since I was starving and there wasn’t much in my place to eat… which was pretty typical. One could say that I wasn’t made for a kitchen.

But I grabbed my bag and headed out the door.