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Twenty-eight ht minutes after ere supposed to meet I could call Elle and ask her to have Nix find out fro had happened to Berk, but that ventured into overly-attached girlfriend territory—not that I was his girlfriend Besides, it was only twenty-eight minutes

The tiny pinpricks of insecurity clawed at the door in ht I’d danced for him and we’d b

anged so hard the walk over to B&B and T-Sweets had been with ginger, gentle steps And now he hadn’t responded to my calls and texts

Were they all over at the Brothel, waiting to laugh atbets as to what ti it was all a joke?

I squeezed my eyes shut and held o there He’s not blowing you off He didn’t sleep with you only to walk away laughing thisJust stop

Taking a deep breath, I openedin the very last scoops of ice crea and s out I’d wanted that to beout part—I didn’t need to be around ice crea at us and wondering what the hell he was doing there with irl

This isn’t helping, Jules

I sent hie

ME: Hey, I’m here at T-Sweets But it’s a while after ere supposed tohome I hope you’re okay

After tenrocks like Charlie Brown the whole way What did I do when there were too ot to work Maybe he’d been led in a car wreck Maybe he was knee deep in co-eds Maybe he’d been abducted by aliens Maybe I was a freaking idiot

At nearly one am my phone vibrated on the counter My head snapped up from the kitchen table and I peeled a cupcake wrapper off the side of e

BERK: I’ and it ay later than I expected and I didn’t have a charger I’ll make it up to you for sure

BERK: So it up to you

BERK: Shit, you’re probably asleep Sorry if I woke you