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It dawned on me that she was worried if Elite stopped coming, then other people from Westbrook would too.
Ryan stopped beside her, Rory at his side. “Don’t worry, Shirley. This is still our favorite place. We won’t stop coming. We’ll just duck out for today.”
“Are you sure we can’t help clean up?” Rory asked.
“Oh, no, honey. You go on. Sorry about the mess.”
We filed out of the diner into the parking lot.
“Bro, what the fuck was that?” Jamie was the first to speak.
“She seemed jealous,” I answered, the confusion I felt clear.
“That’s the polite way to put it,” Win said. “I think she was actually going to try and fight you,” he told Max.
“Did you see her at the party last night?” I questioned him again.
Max nodded. “I was looking for you. She came out of nowhere and told me some guy was trying to take advantage of you. She led me in your direction, and that was the last I saw of her.”
“She didn’t say anything else?” Rory asked.
Max shook his head. “No. I told her I would take care of Wes.”
“That’s one way to put it,” Jamie cracked.
I rolled my eyes.
“Did anyone else see her last night?” I asked my friends.
They all shook their heads.
It made me feel weird to think she’d been there watching me. She had to have been, right? If she knew where I was in the crowd. If she knew I’d been dancing with Theo.
Uneasy, I looked at Max. His expression softened as he reached for my hand. “You didn’t do anything wrong.”
I nodded. Logically, I knew. “I feel bad, though.”
Why was it that when I really grabbed what I wanted, something always made it feel wrong? Still clinging to Max’s hand, I looked to Rory and Madison. “Do you think it’s my fault?”
Max made a strangled noise. “I told you it’s not!”
My eyes strayed to his. “They’re girls. Maybe they understand Veronica better.”
“I really hate when you say her name,” he grumbled.
I leaned toward him. “I could say Maxi instead.”
His lips twitched. “No.”
Ah, he likes it.
“You were upfront with her,” Madison said. “You told her you just wanted to be friends, right?”
I nodded. “I told her I didn’t like her like that.”
Rory’s carroty head bobbed. “You did the right thing. Even if she was upset there was nothing between you, she shouldn’t have gone off like that.” She frowned. “It was kinda scary.”
“Did you see her eyes?” Madison whispered.
