He Told Me to Stay Away After I Got Hurt So I Stepped Back… and Their House Deal Fell Apart Overnight

table and slid it toward me. “We can’t afford another co-signer,” he said. “They’re giving us seventy-two hours to update the application or the home goes to the next buyer. We’ll lose the house.”

I looked down at the folder. Mortgage terms. Updated rates. A plea typed out in desperation.

“Do you want me back in your lives?” I asked.

Jacob hesitated, continue reading …