Chapter 2: Mason Carter
I nearly dropped my coffee.
“Mason?”
She nodded so hard her ponytail bounced.
“Mason Carter. He said I’m beautiful.”
My eyes instantly filled with tears.
Everyone in town knew Mason.
He was the star quarterback.
Honor-roll student.
Polite.
Popular.
The kind of kid parents pointed to when talking about good role models.
And now he wanted to take my daughter to prom.
After years of watching Elsie doubt herself, I wanted to believe this was the beginning of something good.
Maybe I wanted it too much.
Because deep down, there was another reason I desperately wanted this night to be magical.
When I was seventeen, my own prom ended in disaster. My boyfriend, Darren, abandoned me before midnight.
A few weeks later, I discovered I was pregnant. Continue Reading ⬇️
