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How is Caden and all the Chloe stuff?
Can you talk?
Yep.
Max called her.
“Hey.”
“How’s it going?”
“Better now that I’m talking to you.”
“Is everything okay?” he asked.
“Yeah, it’s just hard to be back here after being there with you.”
Max wanted so badly to tell her about his plans for the weekend, but more than that, he wanted to surprise her. “Everything about my normal routine feels weird since you were here.”
“Sorry about that.”
“Don’t be. It’s not your fault that it was more fun when you were here than it is when you’re not.”
“All I think about is you and Caden and Butler and your family and Fred. It was so, so good to be home.”
“It was good to have you home.”
“You know that you’re the main reason that Butler still feels like home to me, right?” she asked.
“I didn’t know that until now, but I’m glad to hear it.”
“This is kinda crazy, isn’t it?”
“It’s a good crazy. The best kind of crazy.”
“Mary Jane texted to ask if we’d hooked up after the reunion.”
“No way! What’d you tell her?”
“That it was nice to see her and Gig at the reunion.”
“Haha, good deflection.”
“She acts like we were besties in high school or something when we weren’t.”
“I’m sure they’re all talking about us leaving together. People from Butler are very good at minding other people’s business.”
“Always have been, always will be. Has your family been asking questions?”
“Not particularly. They’re playing it cool, for the most part.”
“My family was thrilled to hear that I saw you and met your son and had a great time with you and your family.”
“Give them my regards.” Max wanted to tell her he’d give them his own regards on Friday, but he was sticking with the surprise. One more day to get through and then he’d be on his way to Houston. He couldn’t wait. “I hate to say I need to go to bed, but I’m still exhausted from this weekend when you came to town and kept me up all night.”
“Ikeptyouup? I recall it being the other way around.”
“We kept each other up,” he said, “and I discovered I’m not as young as I used to be.”
