There’s a long silence, and when I look up, she’s staring at the floor. She inhales a breath, shuffles forward, and plops down in a matching chair across from me.
Maybe, just maybe, I don’t want to this time. Sitting on the flowered patio couch, I tug my legs under me and sip my coffee. I step out onto the screened-in porch to see the sun rising up. It’s a good place, but I can’t with Ma right now. It’s a warm home, filled with pictures of me, Mattie, Paulie, his wife, and their kids. I stand and walk away, moving through the small den, taking in the tasteful yet worn furnishings in our small house. Runs his dad’s construction company since he passed-” Took the liberty of setting it up, so don’t be mad. Paulie and his wife are coming with their kids. I reach out and take a slice of homemade coffee cake she’s set out for me. I figured he’d show up at my house, and he did once he was cleared to drive, according to Penelope. I spent three nights at the library, in a far corner away from anyone, not coming home until late. I ignored all the texts he sent me and deleted every voice mail he left. Plus, he was wearing the boot, and he couldn’t exactly chase after me. I’m sure he’s watched us all semester and knew there was a relationship there.Īs soon as class was over, I left from the upper exit, leaving Blaze on the lower level.
Cartwright beforehand and told him he had to move me, and after taking in my face, he did so on the spot, no questions. It was hard enough to go into our psych class, knowing he was there when I took my new seat in the back. I don’t want to go there and think about him, not now. No one ever told him they loved him-” I stop and duck my head with my elbows on the table. He grew up with family who never paid him any attention.
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