Fall Too Well

by Erin Branscom

I also invested money in a few properties around town and set up a property management company.

He totally owns Everly’s house

I’m in my old-lady era now. I work at a library. I bake, read books, and drink tea. I’m in bed by nine o’clock reading.

“Soulmates come in the form of friends, too. Sometimes it’s not about romance. It’s someone who makes you feel whole and who understands you the most when the rest of the world doesn’t seem to understand you at all.

“How do you tell someone that they’re stupid in a professional manner?” I ask, trying to lighten the mood and make her laugh. She bites her lip for a moment, then smiles. “Knowledge has always been chasing you, but you’ve always been faster.”

One thing I’ve learned is that family isn’t always the one you come from. It’s the one that you make.

“Nah, Rich. You can’t claim something you never really had. You know she’s always been mine.”

don’t have a good feeling about anything that Richie is doing. He hasn’t said anything to me, but just Nash? It doesn’t make sense. I feel an arm come around me and pull me close. “Where’s your head at, Ev?” Nash murmurs as he pushes a tendril of hair behind my ear. “Concerned and confused,” I admit. “What Richie offered makes no sense. There has to be something hidden here we haven’t seen yet.”

I feel like I’m missing something.

Because sometimes family isn’t who you started with; it’s who you end up with.