He Chose His Ex, So I Chose My Empire novel · Chapter 24 of 24
Chapter 24: Keys
The scissors were enormous.
The housing director handed them to me on the front steps of the old hotel on Valencia Street at five to ten, and I nearly dropped them.
A wide blue ribbon was stretched across the doors behind us.
Above the doors, where an old neon sign used to say HOTEL, there was a new one in plain white letters.
FIRST KEY HOUSE.
No donor's name.
No floor with anybody's name on it.
Valencia was full.
The two I'd left behind were standing with my team now, in First Key sweatshirts Jo had ordered in a purple nobody had approved.
One of them waved at me with both arms.
The grant writer had brought his dog.
It was enormous and very old and sat on the sidewalk.
Imogen stood on the curb in a tuxedo jacket over jeans, with every ring on and a coffee in each hand.
Hugh stood beside her.
He was in a grey sweater, in the crowd, by the bus stop, with his hands in his pockets.
A reporter had already tried to bring him up the steps for a picture.
I'd watched him shake his head and point at me.
The board chair was at the bottom of the steps in her grey suit.
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