Emily Thomas & Friends Novels & Stories

“She’s my girlfriend.” My face went hot. We’d never actually defined it out loud. Not to other people. “Cool. Do you like Barbies? I have seventeen.” “I love Barbies.” “Come see!” Emma grabbed my hand. Dragged me toward the stairs. “Emma, let her breathe,” Thomas said. He was tall. Kind eyes. Laugh lines around his mouth. “Sorry. She gets excited about new people.” “It’s okay.” I let Emma pull me upstairs. To a room exploding with pink and toys and childhood chaos.

Chairs are still preferable for communication. - That's what you need, you tell him. And I have no desire to communicate with him! “Well, after what your brother did to you, I'm not surprised by your reaction to him. Emily, fiddling with this unfortunate log in her hands, nevertheless threw it into the fireplace and, reaching into the basket for a new one, asked Jeremy: - Listen, do you know what else interested me here? Jer shook his head. Why are there no windows in this room?

Today was Thomas' birthday. Hence, Fandrey and Deborah personally went to the company to send gifts to Thomas. Furthermore, the company also prepared a birthday gift for Thomas. On the other hand, Francis and Frederick also send gifts on behalf of the Gurney family as well. Both the Floyd family and Francis said they would celebrate Thomas' birthday. Also, Emily had already told them in advance that she would celebrate his birthday with him too. Hence, Thomas refused the Floyd family and Francis because celebrating his birthday with Emily would be more meaningful.