*Harper*

“If you really want to get his attention, it’s not like you don’t know how,” Ellen told me, her voice bordering on annoyed.

“I just don’t know where I went wrong. He was into it–completely. Then, he just brushed me off. Now, it is like he’s always working overtime and never home,” I whined.

A movie was playing on the TV, but I hadn’t been paying attention. Like a puppy left at home, I’d been looking out the window all day to see ...