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Was she drunk? The typos made me believe she was.
Another message soon followed.
Im at my bachlrette party, but all i cn think about is yu. Pleas 4give me.
My hands were shaking as I waited for another message. The dotted lines appeared alerting me to the fact that she was typing, but I decided to not do this to myself. I clicked the number and hitBlock. This was the last thing I needed right now. I was over Carly and I had been for a while; I definitely didn’t need her back in my life causing even more drama on top of what I was already dealing with.
“Are you okay?” Harper’s voice surprised me.
“Yeah, I’m fine,” I lied as I slipped my phone into my pocket. “Just all this stuff with Aiden, Jackson and Mom… it takes its toll.”
“Yeah, I get it. I’m so sorry,” she said softly. She walked over to me and placed a hand on my arm, stroking it gently. “Did they go up to their rooms?”
“As far as I know, yeah.”
Harper pulled her hand away. “I can let you go as well, if you’d prefer to be alone.”
Her turquoise eyes were so beautiful and sincere as she looked up at me. “I’d rather not be alone, honestly, but I do feel the need to get out of here, I feel a bit…” I trailed off but I felt exposed, just standing there in the foyer, waiting for my brothers to come down and start fighting again. Something I really didn’t want to deal with, all things considered. I just wanted everyone to get along.
“We can get out of here, if you’d prefer.”
“I’d like that.”
“Just one second, I need to grab something,” Harper said with a coy smile.
She rushed back into the dining room, and I stood there, perplexed, until she came back out with two plates, each with a small slice of cake.
“Sorry, I couldn’t resist. I left before dinner was finished, but when I heard there would be chocolate cake…well, I’m a sucker for chocolate.”
“Marie makes a really good chocolate cake too, even though cake isn’t popular here, she somehow perfected it.”
Harper handed me a plate, which had a tiny little fork next to the slice of cake.
“Please tell me we can have food outside the dining room and that I’m not breaking any rules.”
“We make our own rules,” I said with a laugh. “Come on, let’s head upstairs.”
I let Harper lead the way. I wasn’t really sure where we would go. To the library, maybe? But she led me to my bedroom, which surprised me a little. I had wanted to be private but wasn’t sure if she wanted to be alone in my room after what had happened earlier.
I wasn’t about to argue though.
We stepped into my room and closed the door behind us. Tension lifted from my shoulders immediately; it felt as if all the weight I was carrying was gone in an instant.
We sat in the sitting area, overlooking the mountains and ate our slices of cake in silence. Harper stared out the window and made a sound of pleasure with each bite of the dessert.
Once we finished, I looked over at her. “Told you. If that’s not the best chocolate cake you’ve ever had, I bet it’s pretty damn close.”
“Definitely up there,” she said, scraping the crumbs from the plate. “I should have grabbed another slice or two for later.”
“Marie makes the cake a few times, you’ll get it again. It’s a special request from Mom,” I told her. My smile fell. “How was she?”
“She was doing okay. Kat was talking to her. She was upset, but you know your mom, she’s strong.”
“I should go down there.”
Harper put a hand on my arm. “I think you need to take care of yourself first,” she said. “Kat had her laughing when I went for the cake. I’m worried about you though.”
“I’ll be fine,” I said.
