Chapter 29 Independence Sucks

• Bree was not happy when she rejected his proposal, she could see how much she had hurt the man. Gage had done nothing wrong but help her, love her, taking her in when she was in need. And he had loved her. Maybe he still does, but Bree was keeping her foot down, she wanted independence.
• His timing was all wrong, Bree had gotten out of her shitty marriage with her husband and had just managed to live on her own. Deep inside Bree was not sure if she was ready to be married again though she cares deeply about Gage. It was still too fast too soon.
• The days after the dreamy seaside vacation was bad, she was sad a lot. But she managed to keep her smile for her little Hazel. Though Bree was not fooling Mrs. Mancini, her neighbor had told her to reconsider Gage. "Look, I've lived long enough to know what love is when I see one. I can see it in his eyes, honey, the man practically has cartoon hearts over his eyes, and you too, though you pretended not to." She tried to cheer Bree and knocked some sense into her when Hazel was napping and they were conversing over coffee.