Farewell My Stepfather novel Chapter 1

Chapter 1

Paulette Davenport went to her stepfather Nelson Chapman’s birthday party with her gift.

Just as she reached the door, she heard a voice from inside. It was Matthew McKenzie, Nelson’s friend. “Nelson, now that Patricia’s back, you’re gonna marry her soon, right? What about Paulette? Everyone. knows she has feelings for you.”

The dim light and the frosted glass made Nelson’s expression vague.

Then his cold voice sounded inside. “She’s too young to understand what love is. Why take her words seriously?”

“She may be young, but she’s had a crush on you for years. You really don’t feel anything for her?” Matthew wondered.

Paulette held her breath–she wanted to know the answer more than

anyone.

Lounging on the sofa, Nelson exuded the charm of a mature man.

After a slight pause, he said, his voice deep and icy, “Again, she’s too young. She doesn’t know what she’s doing. Don’t joke about this again. For me, she’s just my stepdaughter. I’ll never have feelings for her.”

His last sentence shattered Paulette’s heart like a blade.

Oblivious to her presence, Matthew said half–jokingly, “Yeah, yeah. We know. Patricia means the world to you. After all,

Paulette is nothing compared to her.”

She’s your first love.

Nelson nodded. “Don’t bring up Paulette after Patricia gets here. I don’t

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want her to get the wrong idea.

“We don’t have to, OK?”

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Matthew sighed meaningfully, “You know Patricia. She can’t stand seeing you close to another woman.”

“Yeah,” one of their friends chimed in with a grin. “Nelson, she’s what, twenty now? She’s like the younger version of her mom. Why bother being with another woman? She’s so into you, and I bet being your bride would be a dream come true for her…

Nelson silenced him with a cold stare.

“Stop disgusting me. I’m her stepfather, and I always will be.”

The room fell silent.

Paulette’s grip on the doorknob tightened, her lungs suddenly struggling

for air.

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