He doesn’t look up from his device.
“Hello? Gavin?”
He looks up and sighs. He’s torn, but he gives in. “Yeah. I’ll take you.”
“Thanks.”
“But let’s order dessert.”
I make a face. “What?”
“Dessert.” He eyes his phone for a moment and then sets it down again. “We’re ordering dessert. If this is your last meal at The Wet Whistle, then we’re getting cake.”
“Then you’re paying.”
He grins. “Fine.”
“Fine.”
I don’t know what I expected or what I thought might happen.No, that’s a lie. I wanted Chase to … chase me. I wanted him to think I was someone he couldn’t just discard.
Instead, I’m leaving.Kinda like I always knew I would.
CHAPTER 34
Chase
“I thoughtyou were going to Luke’s?” Mom asks, taking the last coffee mug from their trip out of her car.
“I am. Or I was. But he just called and said he has to swing by work for a little while, so I’ll wait for him to come home. Otherwise, I’ll get out there and do all the work.”
Mom laughs. “You aren’t wrong.”
Kennedy comes out the front door and jogs across the lawn. “Hey, Dad! Wait.”
“What’s wrong with her?” I ask Mom.
“No clue.”
“What’s up?” I ask as she gets closer.
She comes to a stop next to me. “Hey, can you run me home real quick? I forgot my phone charger, and because your parents refuse to use Apple products like the rest of the world …”
Mom shakes her head. “I like my phone just fine.”
“Get in,” I tell my kid as I climb into the driver’s side. “I’ll bring her back.”
Mom nods and goes back to cleaning out her car.
Kennedy gets buckled in, and I hit the gas. We roar down the gravel road toward our house.
“So,” she says as soon as the engine dies down. “We need to talk.”
I snort. “Oh really?”
“Yes. Really.”
I make a face and look at her. “I thought we got on the same page last night.”
