Chapter 8. Julian Left Us

Cassandra’s POV

The entire weekend, I did not see or hear from Julian. Aunt Caroline wanted to spend the weekend with Avery, so Max and I went out to play at the local park in the morning and in the evening every day. I wanted to get Julian out of my mind, but even after two days, I was still having sleepless nights because of him. Obviously, he was beyond my league. I was a poor mother of a little boy, with nothing to hold a guy like him to me. He would surely get bored after a week. It was best that he forgot me and moved on to someone who deserved him. 

My heart was broken, and I just dragged myself on and on. I didn’t know how long I could continue this way, but I couldn’t give up as I had a little child to think about. I dejectedly did the housework, eating, cleaning automatically, doing Max’s work, and cuddling him to my heart. Max gave me all the happiness in the world. I tried to reason in my head that we didn’t need anyone else to be happy. We had one anoth