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I was about to turn on my car and drive over to my apartment when the lights on the house flicked on. Avery opened the front door with Norah plastered on her hip.
“Come in already and tell me what’s wrong!” she called to me.
I sighed and wiped my eyes again before getting out of the car.
When she saw me, her face fell. “Oh no, what happened?”
I burst into tears, and then Norah started crying, but my sister laughed. She walked inside, and I followed her into the living room. Nolan was at the brewery, so I felt like an ass for bothering my sister. She got Norah to settle down, and she gave me that look that told me I better talk.
The tears flowed down my face. “I’m sorry. I shouldn’t be bothering you.”
She handed me a box of tissues. “Tell me what’s wrong.”
“Felix.”
“What about him?”
I dabbed at my eyes. “I fell in love with him.”
Avery smiled, but it disappeared in an instant when she saw my pained expression. “Wait a minute. Why are you so upset?”
“Because I woke up this morning, and he was gone!”
She rocked Norah in her arms. “You better explain everything to me, because I don’t understand.”
I sighed and spewed out everything. I told her about the night of the thunderstorm and how I asked him to comfort me with sex. And how that turned into a fling. But I didn’t want to let him go. By the end, I was a mess of tears and a snotty nose.
“Are you sure he didn’t leave a note or something?” she asked.
I wiped my tears with the back of my hand. “Yes!”
She squinted at me in suspicion. “Did you look under the bed? Maybe it fell?”
“Well…no, but why didn’t he answer my calls and texts?”
She bounced her crying baby in her arms as she thought. “I don’t know. But maybe there’s an explanation.”
“Like what?” I cried.
She squeezed my hand. “Gem, I jumped to conclusions with Nolan. I don’t want you to make the same mistakes, okay? How about you stay over tonight?”
I shook my head. “No. That’s okay. I want to sleep in my bed tonight.”
I didn’t believe there was an explanation for why Felix left. I pushed him to stay, and he lied to me instead of telling me the truth. He promised not to break my heart, but I should have trusted my instincts. Felix Jameson was a Grade A asshole.
I stood up and brushed myself off. “I better get home. I’m tired.”
Avery gave me the ‘mom look,’ like she knew I was lying. “Honey…”
“I’ll see you later!” I called after her as I rushed out of her house. I didn’t let her stop me. I left and drove over to my apartment, so I could wallow in my self-pity.
I sat in my bed and cried while I thought of how this hurt more than if Felix had told me he didn’t love me. I checked my phone again, but there still wasn’t a response. I tried him again, and it rang and rang until it went to his voicemail. I stabbed out an angry text to him and cried myself to sleep.
The next day, I waited until the brewery opened and walked over. I didn’t say hello to any of my coworkers as they started their shifts. I went back into the office and found Declan sitting behind his desk. His eyes lit up as he saw me.
“There’s my marketing director!”
I shook my head. “No.”
