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“You were her partner in crime for everything on here. Don’t you wish you could have finished it together?”
“Of course, but…” She motioned between us and sighed. “I don’t want to hurt you, Beck.”
“Why would you hurt me? I’m over you.”
Her eyes narrowed. “Oh really?”
I shrugged. “You weren’t so hard to get over after all.”
“Is that so? Then what was last night?”
“I needed to not think for a while. To forget. You understand the need to do that, don’t you?”
“You made love to me, Beck. That wasn’t fucking.”
“It was an emotional day.”
She gave me the side-eye. “I don’t believe you.”
“That’s because you’re an egomaniac.”
Her eyes flared. “I’man egomaniac?”
“Well, you do think you’re impossible to get over.”
She shook her head. “Beck…”
I rested my hands on her shoulders. “Come with me. It’s only a four-and-a-half-hour drive. We could go up one day and come back the next. It won’t take long. This is what I feel like I need to do—for me and for Gram. But I think you should finish this list too, Nora.”
She nibbled on her bottom lip. “I’ve never been upstate…”
“Then let’s do it. We can leave tomorrow, or the day after.”
It looked like she was considering it. “It wouldn’t change anything between us, Beck. I’d go back to California when we returned.”
I shrugged and lied through my teeth. “It won’t be a problem.”
Her lips twisted.
“I think Gram would be happy that we made the time to do this,” I said.
Nora squinted. “That’s playing dirty pool. You know I can’t say no when you put it like that.”
My smile stretched from ear to ear. I couldn’t help it. “I’ll make the arrangements.”
CHAPTER 31
Nora
“THIS MUST BEa very special waterfall to make it onto Louise’s list.”
Beck glanced over and back to the road. We were about four hours into our drive. “I think it’s less about the waterfall and more about the memories she created there.”
“I didn’t realize she had been there before. We talked a lot about the other items on our list because most of those needed a lot of arrangements. Since this one was drivable and a quick trip, we never really spoke about it.”
“Watkins Glen was a special place for my grandparents. They have a small cabin up there. That’s where we’re heading.”
“Really? Oh my God. Why wouldn’t Louise have put that at the top of her list then?”
