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Then, she hung up and strode back toward me like a thundercloud. “Let’s go.”
“What happened?”
She shook her head and controlled her expression enough to give Apple a hug and tell her good-bye. By the time we got back to her truck, she had clouded over again.
“Nora,” I said, grabbing her arm. “Talk to me.”
She sighed heavily, deflating like a balloon. “August broke off the engagement.”
I froze at those words. The careful delivery, as if she had no emotions about them. But I could hear how brittle she’d sounded underneath it. I hadn’t heard that from her in so long. I hated the way it had come out.
I wanted to punch August so bad right now. He’d better not fucking think this was his way back in because that wasn’t fucking happening.
“Really?”
“Yes, Tamara called to congratulate me.”
“Whatever for?”
I held my breath, feeling like I’d created a prophecy and it was about to come true.
She met my gaze with a look, like she was drowning. “Because apparently, he told her he still loved me.”
