“Because I need to go to Lovers.”
“This is the best day ever,” Beck says.
“Beckett!” Calla smacks him in the back of the head.
His gaze snaps to mine. “Worst day. Worst day ever, I mean. I’m too caught up in the excitement to think straight.”
“We can drive you,” Simon says, placing his hand on Greer’s lower back and pointing to his truck. “I’m parked the closest.”
“Thank you.”
“Call me when you get there!” Nora shouts behind me.
I climb into the truck and pull my phone from my purse. Not a single missed call or text from him.
As soon as I find out Grandma Betty is okay and I see it for myself, I’m going to give Tobias a piece of my mind.
CHAPTER NINE
TOBIAS
I shut my phone off after about the hundredth text notification.
In my mind, it’s either the guys texting me about the party or one of them caved under Natalie’s pressure and told her what happened, where I am, and she’s madder than hell at me.
What’s more than madder than hell?
I don’t know.
Right now, both sound like options I don't want.
I let out a sigh, leaning back in the chair beside Grandma Betty’s hospital bed and glancing up at the clock.
It’s almost ten, and chances are, Grandma isn’t going to wake up again until morning. I knew that as soon as she fell asleep a couple of hours ago, but still, I wanted to sit here just in case.
All in all, no broken bones, but she’s pretty banged up, so they decided to keep her overnight at the hospital. She bruises worse than she used to, and although she says she’s okay, I worry. I don’t want her staying home alone right now.
I knew as soon as her neighbor and I hung up that I’d be staying with her until I could figure something out.
I should go to her house and get her things moved down to the main floor guest room. Her right leg is going to be sore for a while, and stairs clearly aren’t her thing right now. I should probably start looking for a house here without them. No more taking chances.
I don’t care how much she argues—she needs something smaller.
I stand, kiss her forehead, and then head out for the parking garage.
I let out a breath as I drive the short distance to my grandma’s house.
Everywhere in Lovers takes less than ten minutes to reach. It’s the perfect small town for her. The only time it’s busy is when there’s an event at Lovers Lodge about twenty minutes outside of town and during the touristy summer season. There was a time when I thought I'd move here after college, but then I met my friends and, well, things changed.
Now, I’m right back to the moving mindset.
Hell, I can't stay in Wind Valley now and watch Griffin and Natalie live happily ever after, knowing I lost her to him.
Just like he said I would.
I slowly pull into the driveway, glancing at the house next door.
Mike. Mikey, as Grandma called him.
