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CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE
ELLIE
The Last Chapter
KEVIN: I’M GETTING MARRIED!!!!!!!!!
I blinked at my phone, drawing my brows together in a frown. It’d been about three weeks since he’d gone home to fix his relationship, and I hadn’t heard a thing from him since he’d texted to tell me he was safe.
ME: I’m confused.
KEVIN: I’M GETTING MARRIED WHAT’S CONFUSING ABOUT THAT Ellie
ME: The whole thing, actually.
Either it’d taken them a really long time to sort their relationship out, or he and Aaron had made a whole new choice.
KEVIN: I’m getting married!!!! You’re supposed to say congratulations, you heathen!!!!!!!
ME: Kevin! It’s been three weeks since you left here. You have to understand that I’m slightly confused.
KEVIN: Oh.
ME: Yes. Last I heard, you were going to sort out your relationship, then you never text me back!
KEVIN: Huh. I meant to text you. Sorry. We had a litter of abandoned puppies come in and it’s been a lot of work.
Whoa.
ME: Just the puppies? No mum?
KEVIN: No mum. They were about two weeks old and found in a box on the side of the road. An old couple found them and brought them in. We’ve been taking shifts and had to beg for volunteers to help us just so we could sleep. It’s a bit easier now they’re starting to wean and have some independence.
ME: Oh, my God. I’m sorry. That’s so difficult!
KEVIN: It was the day after I got back. We didn’t get much of a chance to talk until yesterday when Aaron’s parents arrived and insisted on giving us a break. We went for dinner and talked it all over.
KEVIN: Aaron said he was sorry for springing it on me the way he did, and I apologised for running away and not speaking to him about it. We had an actual conversation and decided that it was what we wanted, so I proposed.
Oh, my God.
I burst into laughter. That was the most Kevin thing ever. Of course he’d run away from a proposal only to turn around and actually propose himself.
ME: Well, congrats!! Have you told Mum and Dad yet?
KEVIN: No. They’re coming back in a couple of weeks. I thought we’d tell them in person. Will you be back when they are?
Shit.
I’d forgotten they were coming back. My mother would be furious if I was here and not closer to home. She’d be even angrier if she had any idea I’d forgotten about it, which meant I was going to have bust my arse to finish this book if I wanted to take the few days’ break I was originally planning on.
Sigh.
ME: Of course.
KEVIN: You forgot they were coming home, didn’t you?
ME: Me? Forget? Nooooo. Never.
