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I CAN’T BELIEVE ANOTHER eek is ending I haven’t seen Devyn in al such crazy hours We’ve talked every night about the daily minutia of our lives but mostly about Nathan She’s sent me dozens of pictures, told nancy, all the stuff I’ve missed out on It still killsfrom her point of view She’s so anih about so the day is priceless I’ve tried shifting the subject, dying to get more information about her relationship with Jackson, or how she feels about the possibility of us, but she shutsand everything about Nathan though that I let her

We decided that we’re going to break the news to his I smile when I think about that I have a family ofof, they took the news much better than I expected I took full blame for the situation I wanted to make sure they never faulted Devyn for her actions We both made shitty decisions back then but it was ulti her away that created the do up next week toand I can’t wait to show them off

It’s been tough putting any plans into action so far because Dev’s been working twelve hour days, six days a week She nor to nab a big client so she can get promoted Her pitch is next week and she proled kids’ activities around Seattle and already have a huge list of things I want to do with them

My phone vibrates in my pocket and I smile when I see her name on the display “Hi there”

“Hi Hoas your day?”

“Good,” I reply while hts “I have news”

“Yeah?”

I slip out of my jeans and climb into bed “Yep I made an offer on a house today”

“You what?” she shrieked “Didn’t you just buy the condo?”

“Nah, it’s a rental I didn’t want to buy anything until I knehere I’d be settling down”

“I’m confused”

I laugh “Well, you see…there’s this girl that I thought was living in Portland Seattle is the closest place where I could beco if need be I was originally looking at real estate halfway in between Turns out, Seattle’s where I’m supposed to be”

She’s silent for a moment “Riley…”

“Yeah, baby?”

She blows out a breath “I don’t knohat to say to that Jackson and I—”