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“She didn’t,” I cut in “I came as Lana’s plus one”

“Lana Tate?” Lark’s eyebrow arches Lana went to school with Lark and is one of the few people on Lark’s Shit List I think it has soer sister, but I’m not exactly sure

“I ran into her at the Fill Up Stop this afternoon and she asked what I was doing tonight,” I hurry to explain “Then sheAs soon as I heard Lisa’s name, I knew you’d be here It just seemed like such a wild coincidence, on ht…”

“You thought what?” Lark crosses her arms over her chest, clearly not amused

“I obviously didn’t think it through,” I say, feeling stupider with every passing minute “I shouldn’t have come here I shouldn’t have interrupted your time with Lisa”

“No, you shouldn’t have,” she agrees, the tight htly as she adds, “But you did So say what you caet it over with”

I don’t want to get it over with I want to erase history, turn back time, and take back all the hurt I’ve caused But I can’t, so I’d better start talking before she runs out of patience

“I made a mistake, Lark A terrible, stupidout “I never should have broken things off the way I did I mean, I never should have proposed in the first place, but I really shouldn’t have left without—”

Lark lets out a strangled sound, soh and cry of pain, and jumps to her feet

Before I can explain that the words are corass

Chapter 3

Mason

“Wait!” I roll onto my side and scramble to my feet “Please, wait, Lark!”

She spins to face her “I don’t want to wait I want you to go away!”