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“Where you tell me you’re done with me? That after all you’ve done for me, you’re finally over it?” She crossed her arms over her chest and ducked her head

“Alexis, you’reanywhere No matter how many times I say it and show it, it hurts that you don’t believe me”

“I want to” She wiped her eyes “But it’s hard”

“And no one can bla” My throat tightened “Why would you do that to et me, to Jules? And I don’t even want to think of who else you’ve done so like this to in the past This jealousy or whatever it is, it can’t keep going on”

“I’m sorry”

“You can’t spend the rest of your life waiting for it to all cos Stop trying to make people prove they love you You have a chance A chance a lot of kids who grew up like us don’t get I love you and I’ll always love you, but I can’t keep letting you sabotage yourself, and I won’t let you stopthe future I’ve worked for and deserve”

Her micro-nods were followed by watery eyes that she wiped at so hard, there was a red band across her face “You’ve always been good to ettime, and I finally took them up on that offer I want to do better I need to do better”

I dropped reat start Don’t keep pushing away the people who care about you”

“I’ll try” Her pinched set me to believe before, but not now I’d wait for her to follow through, but let her know I’d be cheering her on fro to tell Mos”

I shook my head before she finished the sentence “Don’t It’s in the past You don’t have to throhat you have with theet”

“They need to know They should know the truth about you—andin the air

“You’re their daughter That’s all they need to know I don’t need you to do that to prove anything today I’ up froments of my life slippe

d back into place Slowly, I’d rebuild this

“Thank you for co, and tell Jules I said thanks, too”

“I’m here because you’re my family Jules doesn’t know I’m here We’re still broken up I haven’t seen her since the party”