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PROLOGUE
If distance didn’t exist, we’d probably be fucking right now.
-Ande’s secret thoughts
ANDE
3 years ago
“I can’t believe you made me come here,” I grumbled to my best friend.
Shayne looked over at me with humor sparkling in her eyes. “I swear to you, you’ll love it.”
“How do you know?” I asked.
“Because everyone does. It’s like a Vegas show, but right here in the middle of Texas. People from all over the world are coming to see it.”
I sighed, my eyes once again taking everything in.
“This place is very flamboyant. I don’t know what I was expecting, but not this,” I mused as I took in the buildings made to look like circus tents. There was even dirt on the floor, as if we were outside.
Then there were the balloon people walking around, the booths made to look like trailers that were selling food and drinks, and the man who was walking on stilts handing out glow sticks.
The lighting inside was just as muted as the lighting was outside.
“How do you get to the main tent again?” I asked.
“The signs,” Shayne said, pointing at them.
So we followed those signs, but stopped when we got to the fortune teller line.
“We have thirty minutes,” Shayne said, widening her eyes at me. “Let’s do this.”
I grumbled good naturedly under my breath, but ultimately stood in line with her, fully expecting for her to go and not me.
But when I got to the front, Shayne pushed me ahead of her. “You go first. Then I’ll go.”
Sighing, I decided to placate her.
It wouldn’t do for her to think I wasn’t accommodating. Especially since I’d just chosen where we would be for the next six months. Even knowing she hated the cold.
Montana would be fun. She’d see.
Hopefully.
“Have a seat,” the woman urged, her eyes bright and inviting. “What’s your name?”
I looked at Shayne before looking back at the fortune teller.
The hint of blonde was peeking out from underneath her cape, a curly tendril darting back and forth in front of her left eye.
“Ande,” I answered. “Yours?”
Her lips tilted up and she pointed to the sign.
“Madam Val.” My lips twitched. “Sorry, I probably should’ve noticed that bright purple neon sign before now.”
“That’s me,” she confirmed. “Let’s see your palm.”
