“Who’s blue?” Max asks, scooting his chair out to sit in his booster seat. A big bowl of ice cream now waits for him.
“Your favorite TV show dog.”
“Can I watch TV?” he asks, a bright smile on his face.
“You know the rule. No TV on a school night.”
“Nuts,” he says, before digging into his bowl.
“I made you a bowl, sis,” Chase says, bringing me some.
“Thanks.”
“Listen, we’ll get out of your hair,” Rylee says, “but if you need us, you know where we are.”
“Thanks.”
I give them both a hug and watch as they leave together.
Together.
Something I’ll never get back with Sam. All because my dad made a snap decision about the two of us.
Without knowing the true depth of our feelings.
Feelings I’ve only ever felt with Sam and willonlyever feel with him.
Chapter Twenty-Nine
SAM
It feels like every set of eyes is on me. I shouldn’t have come here. But with a long break between guests, I needed a change of scenery.
I couldn’t go to the main lodge because I’d run into Joey. The last thing I want is to make anything harder on her.
Fuck.
I keep replaying that day in my head. What we could have done to maybe make this blow land differently.
Greg was never going to be happy that I was dating Joey. I don’t know if he’ll ever speak to me again considering the way he found out about us.
Just like everyone here in town. I’m probably just being paranoid, because I doubt Greg would go spreading the news around town, even though he hates me now. It feels like it’s written all over my face.
Heartbroken because Greg found out about me and Joey and now we can’t be together.
It fucking sucks.
“There you are.”
I glance up to find Lennox sliding into the booth across from me.
“Were you looking for me?”
“Yes.”
A jean jacket covers her Dusty Spur T-shirt, and her hair is pulled up into a high ponytail.
“Are you off to work?”
