“I love you too.” I walk away before I make a bigger ass out of myself.
I don’t know what I’m going to say to Josie, but I need to find her. I make my way to the tank, but when I get there, she’s not around.
“Hey, Danny.” Vienna smiles at me from inside the tank.
I blink, flabbergasted by how she looks like a real mermaid. “Hey, have you seen Josie?”
“She was supposed to go find you.”
She didn’t come back.Way to go, idiot.
“Danny, hey.” Amanda approaches.
I hear Vienna mumble something under her breath, but she moves away to the other side of the tank. I want to explain myself to her, but Amanda is already in front of me.
“Not right now.” I sidestep her but she follows behind me and calls my name. “What?” I spin to face her. “What now, Amanda?”
“I just wanted to congratulate you.” She crosses her arms against her chest. “Sheesh, what the hell is wrong with you?”
I lift my hat, running my fingers through my hair before I place it back. “I’m sorry. It’s been a long day.”
“It’s okay, I get it.” She sympathetically smiles at me. “Can I hug you, or are you going to bite my head off?”
She unfolds her arms and raises them, but I don’t embrace her.
“It’s just a hug. I’m not asking you to have sex with me.” She deviously grins. “I mean unless…” She trails off as if she were letting me fill in the blank.
“Don’t—” My peripheral vision catches something white, and despite there being hordes of people today wearing that, black, or turquoise, I know it’s Josie. I’m right when I spot her but see she’s not alone.
“Danny, what are you…” Amanda’s voice dwindles I think, I’m not sure, as my gaze stays locked on Josie and Bryson.
She looks a little irritated, but Bryson has a shit-eating grin. I don’t have the slightest clue what they could be talking about, but she doesn’t move away when he takes a step closer. Something creeps up in my chest and takes a hold of my heart.
Josie must’ve felt me looking because our eyes collide, but she only holds my stare for a moment before they flick to Amanda.
“Danny.” Amanda grabs my arm, urging me to look at her.
I shrug her hand away. “I can’t keep doing this with you. We’re done and I don’t want you back. Just leave me the fuck alone.”
Her jaw drops and hurt flashes on her face, but I can’t bring myself to care.
I go to search for Josie, but she and Bryson are nowhere in sight.
32
JOSEFINE
Bryson: Please just think about it
Bryson: I miss you Josie
Bryson: I want you back
And blocked.
I don’t know why I didn’t do that sooner.Maybe because he stopped texting me for a while and I thought I’d be dead, so I didn’t see a point in blocking his number.
Tossing my phone on my nightstand, I let myself fall back on my bed.
