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“But you called 911 for me this morning, made sure work knew I wasn’t coming in, and waited around to give me a ride home. You deserve to pick.”
She bit her lip, so I put my hand on her arm.
“If I was hungry for something, I would tell you.”
She smiled. “Okay. How about Lulu’s Diner?”
“Sounds good to me.”
Savannah turned on her music, and I pulled my phone out of my purse. I saw that my mother had tried to call me again. I sent her a text to let her know I was on my way home and I’d call her tomorrow.
I had a voice mail from work, confirming they had my shift covered, and I had a few notifications on Instagram. But I wasn’t prepared for the message that a friend from LA had sent me.
Chloe, I wasn’t sure if I should show you this, but I figured you would hear about it sooner rather than later, and I wanted you to hear it from me.
Call me if you need to talk. Love you!
I clicked on the post my friend had sent me and suddenly lost my appetite.
It was a post from Tracy’s Instagram account. She had her hand out toward the camera while she kissed Darren. All with the caption that read,I said yes. Ring emoji, bride emoji, groom emoji, and a heart emoji followed.
I felt sick again.
“What’s wrong?” Savannah’s voice was full of alarm.
I hadn’t told everyone at work about what had happened with my ex five years ago, but I had told Savannah pieces when I offered her a place to stay.
“My ex is getting married. To the woman he cheated on me with.”
“Ouch.” She winced. “I’m sorry.”
“Me too.”
“You don’t still have feelings for him, do you?”
I snorted. “Not even close.” I lifted a shoulder. “It’s just…I’m the one who should be getting engaged. I know I’m not perfect, but in this situation, I was the one wronged. I should be happy and in a relationship. Not him.” I threw my head back against the seat. “Instead, I haven’t had a good long-term relationship since I left Darren.”
I flashed back to Liam in the hospital, and I wondered what he thought of the news.
But I realized that he hadn’t given me his phone number, and I hadn’t given him mine.
And for some reason, that made me more miserable.
Maybe because I’d had a sliver of hope that Liam might have liked me. He came to visit me on his lunch break, and he flirted with me some. But he hadn’t even bothered to try and stay in touch—not even a pretendHey, I’ll call yousort of thing.
My ex was getting married, and my love life was in the toilet.
No, that wasn’t right. It was worse than that.
My love life was nonexistent.
FIVE
LIAM
Isat in front of Chloe’s house in my SUV, wondering if I should knock on the door. It hadn’t occurred to me until I left the hospital that we hadn’t exchanged information. The only thing I knew about her was where she lived.
But as someone who had never returned to a patient’s home, I felt like I was making my way into stalker territory. Especially since I had gone back to the hospital to see her.
