Chapter 11

Alex

Three more hours until my date with Emma. Three more hours. On the one hand, it doesn’t seem that far away but on the other, it feels like days, either way, I can’t wait! I’m honestly, so excited for tonight that I feel like a kid on Christmas Eve. I’ve spent most of this afternoon double-checking all of my plans and making sure every last detail is perfect for tonight because nothing can go wrong. I’m pretty confident that it won’t but still, I can’t shake these nervous butterflies from swarming my stomach.

“Alex, can you come to my office please, son?” Jake’s voice echoes through my head as I’m heading inside the packhouse, I let him know I’ll be right up but I’m so distracted by all the thoughts invading my head today that I don’t pay attention to where I’m going and walk straight bang into Noah, shit!

“If you wanted a hug you only had to say brother.” Noah’s cheeky comment and smile very quickly pull me back to reality as I greet him with my middle