“Yeah.” Silence stretches between us as Ginny patiently waits for me to get my thoughts in order. “I was scared that if I stayed, he’d get tired of me. What if it doesn’t work out and I uproot my whole life for nothing?”
“Would you truly be moving solely for Holt?”
“Well…no, actually. I really like Gwen. And Charlie has become a good friend too. The crochet club invited me to join them. They’re a hilarious group of women who mostly gossip while they pretend to do crafts at the coffee shop.”
“So the only thing keeping you here is that we live here?”
“I mean, this is our hometown. It’s home.”
“Gia. You have never once considered joining a social clubhere. Yet you only spent four weeks in Pine Creek Falls and you’re thinking about joining a crafting club?”
“I just said they offered, not that I was going to join.”
Ginny looks at me like I’m being purposefully obtuse. She’s right. I had entertained the thought of going to a few of their gatherings.
“But what about you and Nina and our friends and the babies they’re going to have? I’ll miss all of it.”
“So…here’s a crazy concept. They invented these things called planes. You can travel really far, really fast. It’s incredible.”
I roll my eyes. “Smartass.”
Ginny laughs. “I also should disclose the fact that I’m stupidly rich, just in case you didn’t know. I’ll fly you home any time you want to come.”
“I can pay for my own flights.”
“You can, but I don’t want you to use that as a reason why you can’t see if Pine Creek Falls is supposed to be your new hometown.”
“Do you really think this is something I should do?”
She shrugs. “I think you’ll regret it if you don’t.”
CHAPTER 19
Holt
“Iam not moping.” I scoff at my secretary.
Beverly gives me a deadpan expression. “And I’m Liza Minnelli.”
“You do kind of look like her.”
“Flattery will not distract me from my point.”
“And what is that point?”
“You’re sad that Gia left, and it’s putting a funk over the whole office.”
I shuffle the papers on my desk to avoid looking at Beverly. “I’m sorry I’m ruining our office vibe.”
“You should have told her to stay.”
”I couldn’t. We both knew this had an end date, and now it’s over.”
“Bullshit.”
My eyes fly to Bev’s. I can’t say she never curses at the office. She has a mouth like a sailor, but what she doesn’t do is forcefully curseatme.
“It’s not even close to over, Holt Basil. And I’m disappointed that you didn’t fight harder for her. Your mother should be ashamedof you.”
