Even though I think she might be right, I can still hope they never learn the things I’ve done.
1 Are you okay?
2 I’m fine.
CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN
Kaitlyn
NOW
Mirabelle doesn’t do wellwith awkward silences, and after Bailey stepped out, she started asking Henry questions about what he thinks they need to put on their registry.
If I weren’t so damn sad right now, I’d probably be laughing because he has no idea what should be on the registry. I do appreciate the distraction after the way everyone stared at me when I stepped into the room. I still have no idea what to say, and it’s only a matter of time before they ask what happened with Hunter.
As much as I love Sebastian and Thalia, I was a little relieved when they stepped out to get coffee. I nearly burst into tears when Bailey looked at me when I first arrived, and I’ve been avoiding eye contact since. The last thing I want is for them to hate me when they find out how I came between the twins.
I don’t know where Hunter and I stand. I want to hate him for what he did, but at the same time, I love him, and I can understand why he did it, even if I think he was wrong.
“Kait, have you heard from your parents?” Mira asks, pulling me back into reality.
I blink, remembering they left for the airport this morning. “Oh, um, I’m not sure. I turned off my notifications,” I admit, pulling my phone out of my back pocket to check. I scroll past all the notifications about Hunter’s transfer, feeling a little sick at the reminder, before I see the messages from my parents.
Dad
At the airport.
Mom
We love you!
Dad
Just saw the transfer.
Are you okay?
Mom
You don’t have to stay at the beach house if you don’t want to while we’re gone.
Do you want us to come back?
Fuck, I didn’t even think about how this might impact me staying with the Walkers while my parents are in France. I mean, when the dates lined up with Javi’s surgery, I thought it would be fine because I’d be able to help out with his recovery, but am I still welcome if Hunter and I don’t make it?
My screen blurs from the tears pooling in my eyes, and I bite hard on my lower lip to keep them from falling. I appreciate their offer to come back, but I know how excited Mom has been for this trip. She only gets to see her siblings a couple of times a year, so she really looks forward to the long trip she and Dad take every summer.
Kaitlyn
I’m okay.
You guys should go! Don’t skip your trip for me please.
“Um, they’re at the airport,” I say, hearing the crack in my voice that gives away how not okay I am.
Mirabelle reaches over, squeezing my hand. “It’ll be okay, Kaitlyn,” she says, and I honestly don’t know if it will be.
I look up at Javi again, fast asleep with the monkey Henry and Mirabelle gave him tucked under his arm. I tried so hard to pull myself together when I got here so he wouldn’t see how upset I was after crying the whole drive, but even if Javi didn’t notice how red my eyes were, everyone else definitely did.
