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"I get that you love her, and I get that she’s not entirely stable, and I get that you’re worried But, Daently, "she’s an adult And no matter what your history, she’s not your responsibility"
"Maybe not, but it feels like she is"
I can’t help but nod in understanding After all, Jah and stretch out beside Daers in mine A mohts on the court wink out, and we are thrust into a darkness broken only by the gentle glow of a blanket of stars spread wide across the sky above us
Chapter Nineteen
After Saturday’s drama, I want to bottle Sunday so that I can keep it close and pull it out whenever I need it We spend the day doing everything and nothing Even Da his quest to find Sofia or raphs in favor of entering a purely vegetative state with Jamie and me
Jamie and I rouse ourselves from our prone positions around lunchti the beach Darossed in his reread of Asi Damien’s love of science fiction, I do not doubt that the book has captured hi is because I asked hiate Ja back home to Texas
Once we’re actually out with the sun and the surf, though, I can’t see as alk all the way through Damien’s property to the ocean, then north up the beach to our nearest neighbor He’s tall and muscled and his coffee-colored skin is slick with the sea He waves at us as he cooing to have a heart attack when she sees him
"Who is he?" I whisper as we turn around and head back toward ho actor last year" She shakes her head "You really are hopeless"
"I am," I say And, since I doubt I’ll find a better transition, I add, "It’s going to be hard to focus on your acting career if you"Yeah, well, we both know that it’s a long shot career It’s not like I’ve taken LA by storh the water, sending droplets flying They twinkle for a ain to the churning water of the ocean I can’t help but think of Jamie; I want more for her than fifteen minutes of fame, and I fear that my lack of enthusiasm for her move is more about me than about what is best for Jaot your back"
We’ve crossed the beach and are trudging back up the path to Das I pull it out from where I’ve stashed it in the pocket of my terrycloth cover-up and am surprised to see Courtney’s name on the screen
"Hey, Courtney What’s up?" Courtney is Ollie’s fiancée, and we’ve known each other for years, though not as well as I’d like since she is constantly traveling for her job Still, she’s sweet and genuine and I think she loves Ollie I love him, too, but I don’t love the way he fucks around, and even though Ollie ranks higher than Courtney on the best-friend-o-meter, I can’t help but feel that she deserves someone better
Beside me, Jamie’s eyes are wide What is it? she
"Ollie and I want to know if you and Daht Ja with you and Dalance sharply at Jamie She hadn’t toldI shouldn’t feel suspicious--after all, they were friends before they fucked, and I hope they’ll be friends after--but I can’t help but be nervous
"Yeah," I say, looking hard at Jamie, whose sheepish expression only makes mespecific But I don’t have any trips this week, and we haven’t seen y’all in forever I told Ollie that we should all go to Westerfield’s You know it, right? That place in West Hollywood"