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"She invited you to a bar" Ryan shrugs "Your life Do what you want" Heyou don't want to be with Kay If you mean it, then prove it At least to yourself"

Chapter 6

Kaylee

There are a dozen boxes in the living room The space is empty Sparse Soulless

Mo on the couch, one hand in her lap, the other playing with the silver palht as well screa our lives entirely

She stands

Her gestures are small Quiet

Her steps are nearly silent

She picks her purse off the kitchen table and slides it onto her shoulder with tender care Like it's soht at TJ Maxx for forty dollars

The table—the one that gives me bruises every tis of ours left

Okay, that's not fair Most of the furniture is here We're subletting the place furnished For college kids, the ones that go to Santa Monica College on their parent's dime, the ones who can afford to have fun

I shake et jealous Emma is one of those people She can't help that she and Brendon inherited a fortune She can't help that she isn't wound tighter than a ball of twine

I have time, money, and space for fun

The only thing stopping me is me

"I e had more time" Mom's voice is as sad as her smile She unwr