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was so was he and Sydney soon became to depend on his presence. When he wasn’t around she missed him. Though Sydney realized that it probably wasn’t a good idea to get involved with Dylan because of the proximity of their living situation, she’d thrown caution to the wind and went on an official date with him when he’d asked.
    Ida seemed to approve of the union as well, never missing a moment to say how good the couple looked together. Sydney didn’t have to see with her eyes to know that Dylan was very attractive. He was tall and had a deep voice with a heavy southern lilt, which was basically the masculine version of his grandmother’s. Dylan had long hair that she’d been told was jet black that fell to the center of his back, which he wore because of his heritage. He was half Catawba Indian, unlike his grandmother who was a full-blood. With his cheek bones, full lips and strong nose, he probably had no trouble attracting the opposite sex, so it was flattering that he was interested in her.
    Things seemed to work out quite nicely for the two of them at first. Dylan was attentive and considerate. She enjoyed spending time with him, but then he became a different person. The change was gradual at first so Sydney shrugged it off when he started to make comments about her playing gigs. He wouldn’t like it if she was out too late or who she was with, and sometimes he criticized her on how she dressed, saying she showed too much skin.
    He’d once claimed to love her independence but slowly started to resent it. Dylan hated her friends and that she didn’t want to spend every waking second with him. He began to question her whereabouts and who she spent time with. The final straw was when he came to the bar she worked at to start a fight with one of her friends who happened to belong to the house band. He claimed that the guy was hitting on her. It was clear to Sydney that Dylan saw her as a possession and not a person. Immediately after that incident she broke things off, fearful that his behavior would escalate if she remained in a relationship with him.
    There had been an ugly blow-up when she’d told Dylan that she no longer wanted to date him. He’d yelled, cursed and shook her violently and for a moment she feared he might actually hurt her but he didn’t. Instead, he disappeared for a few months much to her relief. It was only because he was Ida’s grandson that she didn’t kick him out of her house altogether. Of course Ida was disappointed that it didn’t work out with Sydney and Dylan but thankfully the older woman didn’t push the issue…at the time. But every now and then, Ida would make not-so-subtle hints about giving people second chances, which is exactly what she seemed to be doing now, and Sydney was very close to losing the last bit of patience she’d been holding on to since Dylan’s return.
    “Are you listening to me, Sydney?” Ida sounded more than a little irritated so Sydney could only imagine what her facial expression was.
    “I’m sorry, Ida, my mind drifted for a moment.”
    “I was saying that I know things didn’t work out with you and Dylan but I don’t see any harm in the two of you being friends. You guys used to be so close.”
    Sydney had to bite her tongue to hold back the retort that nearly slipped. Sure she and Dylan had been close at one point but that was until he turned out to be a possessive psychopath. She sighed. “Ida, I know you wanted things to work out between me and your grandson but they just didn’t. We can’t go back to the way things used to be before we dated because they’re just too awkward.”
    “I didn’t say you had to be in a relationship with him again, just that you try to be friends with him. Whatever it was he did to make you angry with him, he’s very sorry for. He’s expressed his regret to me and he feels that you really haven’t given him a chance to give you a proper apology.”
    Sydney could tell her friend had no