DAHLIA 

“They threw your brother out?” Incredulity coated his tone. “What is wrong with your parents? What’s with them and disowning every one of their kids?” He was genuinely in disbelief.

I shrugged. “That’s their business. I don’t care.” At least, not anymore. 

“The audacity of those people.” He hissed. 

I looked at him, a small smile appearing. I guess I was lucky with him. Wait, he’d called me his ‘woman’ many times back there. Was that his way of saying we were an item already? 

I loved him, there was no need to deny it anymore. But I didn’t want to get ahead of myself. I wanted him to...