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Chapter 26
Sammi
2:47 PM SATURDAY
I arrive at the restaurant even faster than I expected.
Bombay Blues, the sign reads. It’s written in sky blues and neon pinks that completely contrast with my current mood.
I almost ride past it, having to stop myself at the last moment.
This is definitelynotthe place for my confession. Let’s face it, though, they don’t make restaurants dreary enough for what I’ve come to say.
I almost ride past it, having to stop myself at the last moment.
It takes every ounce of my courage to pull up to the curb.
My heart’s beating just a hair too fast, and my hands tremble slightly as I loosen my death grip on the throttle.
I’ve made up my mind, though.
Now I just need to get my body to comply.
I’ve made some mistakes in the last twenty-four hours—to put it lightly.
Mistakes that I’ll just have to learn to live with.
Keeping them a secret from Eggs, however, is one mistake too many. So I’ve decided to come clean.
To unburden myself, as they say.
The fact that I’ll just be transferring the burden onto him isn’t lost on me. But it’s a hell of a lot better than the alternative.
I can’t lie to him for the rest of our lives.
I dismount the bike, legs shaking as I do, and head for the restaurant like a woman bound for the gallows.
This is going to hurt.
I don’t slow, though, not even to take a breath. If I pause now, I may never find the courage to continue.
Instead, I pull the door open, heading towards my fiancé and the toughest conversation of my life.
Eggs looks up from his phone the moment I enter the room, a strange, almost quizzical expression on his face.
I assume it’s due to my little disappearing act.
He doesn’t know the half of it.
“Sammi! You’re…here?” he says, actually sounding surprised.
He stands, hugging me tightly.
“I’m here.” I choke out, damn near suffocating in his embrace.
His enthusiasm makes me feel about a hundred times more guilty. Though there’s a note of reservation in his voice as well.
He pulls back from me, staring into my eyes, a question in his own.
