Page 120 of Fake it for Keeps

“Are you sure?”

“I’m sure. Where are you?”

“Beach house.”

I suspected that already. “Will you be okay?”

“I’ll be fine. I can’t hide forever but I can hide for now.”

“Yeah. I understand.”

“Try to get some rest,” Hallie said. “And Colt? Thank you for calling. For making sure I was okay. That means… it means more than you know.”

“Yeah. You’re welcome.”

“Goodbye, Colt.”

“Bye, Hallie.”

She hung up, and I sat there staring at my phone.

I’d called her at four in the morning because I needed to know she was safe.

Because despite the lies, the betrayal, and the broken trust, I still loved her.

And I had no idea what to do about that.

We were both broken. The question was if we could be broken together or if we had broken apart.