Chapter 40 My Oh My.

_Meghan

The morning after Alicia came to st. Petersburg, I woke up early and went into Ethan's nursery, I bathed and feed him. It was too early for him to be playing outside but he didn't complain when Miriam walked into the room holding Lego blocks to start their fun-filled day.

By eight o'clock I walked into the kitchen and found a hot pot of coffee brewing. This reminded me of my time at the eatery with Dave before the store opened for customers. I should reach out to him. Find out how he was, I had left things less than decent between us.

I poured myself a cup and as usual got lost in its rich taste. I couldn't help thinking about Ben and how he died. That and other things were the reason I was up this early.

In the end, he had been a monster but we had spent some good times together once. Now I had two boyfriends who were dead and buried.

My phone beeped and it was a message from Vera, my phone hadn't worked in months and I had only got a new line a few days ago when I went