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“That’s the pot calling the kettle black Who’s the last ‘nice’ girl you dated?”
Looking away because I don’t have an answer, I walked straight into that one How in the world are we talking about this right now? But a part of me wants to take the hurt away from her for a few minutes
“Actually, I’ve met someone Well, not really met, I re—”
“Cara! You’re awake!” My mom comes in and interrupts She moves to the other side of the bed and runs her hand over Cara’s cast softly
“Yeah, Moet upset again
“Listen, I saw a Panera around the corner Let et us lunch”
Both woive me their orders My mom hands me back my phone discreetly and I leave the hospital
As I wait for our order at Panera, I flip through es and see Sophie and ht minutes, which makes me nervous The attendant calls et into the car, I call Ari but get her voicemail
“Hey, babe I saw Cara and she’s going to be fine I think I’ll hang around a few days and be back Tuesday I’d like to tell Davis goodnight before he goes to bed later Will you call me? It’s been a shit day and my sister had some crazy news Tell you about it when I see you I lo—” Shit I hang up before I finish She’s going to freak Did I al tool
Walking into my mom’s house, I fall onto the sofa, exhausted Cara’s doctor is keeping her overnight because she has a severe headache and they want to watch her after the D&C procedure She finally asked for so for the pain and to help her sleep We left as soon as she closed her eyes and pro lunch, I only left the hospital room once, to take Davis’s call
Hearing his voice was exactly what I needed to help withlad to know he found all the new beach toys I left on the porch I proain next weekend
When Ari got on the phone,sexy as hell voicein the hallway at a hospital I gave her a brief version on what happened with Cara, but left out the e because I wanted to tell her in person She didn’t , which made me wonder if she even heard it We only talked for a few o but I promised to be back no later than Tuesday
“Reed, I know you’re exhausted, but we need to talk” Mom hands me a beer and sits across from me on the couch
“About what?”
“A lot has changed in the last ht Now that it has sunk in, I worry about you What do you think? How are you feeling? What are you going to do?”
“Not sure if I can explain it The way I felt when I saw Davis and then Ari al All she sacrificed and went through—it’s unbelievable Davis is an incredible little boy All these years, I’ve been given everything on a silver platter She’s had to work so hard and had very little help She’s got a great support system, but I should have been there We don’t talk about it ure out who in the hell wanted to break us up I never had a girlfriend before her so it wasn’t like I had broken hearts around cauy her sophoe fucking coincidence we broke up on the day she found out she was pregnant
“What I’ up for my absence in their lives Ari was very hesitant at first when I showed up, but she has dropped her guard Her friends and fa of me as well I don’t deserve it, but I thank God for it”
“Have y’all discussed what co to work?”
“Shit,day by day If I tell her what I want, she’ll run liked a scared jackrabbit I have a lot to prove before we have that conversation”