20
Anna
I laughed and surprised myself. Telling the sorry details of my life wasn’t as hard as I thought. Maybe the wine was loosening me up. Or knowing they might have worse skeletons in their closets than I did made it easier.
“Five years of military school. I then realized getting kicked out wouldn’t bring me home, so I gave up. Settled into school. It wasn’t so bad once I accepted it. After graduation, my father sent for me. I was surprised as I hadn’t seen him in eleven years. I was thrilled. He wanted me back! He told me I was marrying his business partner, Todd Lawton. I turned eighteen the following month and I was married the day before my birthday.”
The waiter stopped by the table to take our orders but Nick shooed him away with a simple wave of his fingers.
“The day before?
