My heart jackhammered in my chest as the little dots bounced, telling me he was typing.
TheWriteGuy
Are you serious?
ReadToLiv
Serious.
TheWriteGuy
Wow. Okay. Yeah. I’d love that.
ReadToLiv
Me too. I think it’s time.
It was terrifying and freeing all at once, like stepping off a cliff and hoping the ground would catch me.
TheWriteGuy
I live in Florida, in a small college town.
My eyes about bugged out of my head. Florida?A small college town?
ReadToLiv
Wait. Are you serious?
TheWriteGuy
Yep. Kemery.
ReadToLiv
… Are you kidding me? I live in Kemery.
I sat back in my chair, staring at the screen like it might explain itself.TheWriteGuy—my confidant, my night-owl companion—was in my town this whole time?
TheWriteGuy
That’s insane.
ReadToLiv
Yeah. What are the chances?
My stomach lurched. For half a second, a thought skittered across my mind—what if it’s Talon?
I shook my head. No. That would be ridiculous. He’d never hide something like that. And besides, if it were him, he would have said something by now.
Still, unease threaded through me.
TheWriteGuy
Maybe it’s fate. Maybe we were supposed to meet all along.
My breath caught. It was something Talon had said yesterday—on the walk to his apartment.Like … sometimes people come into your life right when you need them. Almost like fate or something.And then he’d asked me directly,Do you believe in fate?
