#Chapter 53: Discarded feelings

I stood just inside my apartment, my hand gripping the doorknob tightly as I watched Timothy and Linda in the hallway. It was like I was frozen in place, unable to tear my eyes away from the scene unfolding before me. "Were you waiting this whole time?" Timothy asked Linda, his lips in a flat line. My heart sank as Linda responded, her voice light and flirtatious, "Well, hello to you too, handsome." "Sorry, I’m just really distracted right now," Timothy replied, his eyes briefly flickering to my apartment door. My heart thumped rapidly, and I feared he noticed the small sliver where my eye was looking right back at him. He wouldn’t have had time to investigate either way since Linda was leaning closer to him. "Oh, never mind that. What do you need, sweetie?" I clenched my jaw, feeling a pang of jealousy and anger rising within me. Linda was being far too familiar with Timothy, and it was clear that she was trying to distract him from whatever business he had that was probably