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Cash:Are you doing OK?
Yes, I guess. I’m not used to being alone. He’s stayed at friends’ houses, of course, but that’s usually for a night.
Cash:You can always come over for a slumber party. *wink emoji*
You’re funny.
Like a schoolgirl, I stared at my phone, and his banter started to make me feel a little better, so when my phone rang and his name flashed across the screen, it surprised me.
“Hi.”
“I’m funny?”
I smiled for the first time since this afternoon. “A little.”
“Can I ask you something?”
“Of course.”
“Do you miss me?” When I didn’t answer, thanks to a slurry of responses dancing in my head, he added, “Do you miss me as much as I’ve missed you? Because I have, Hannah. Maybe I didn’t realize how much I did until I saw you again. I know that sounds shitty. You were my girl.”
I glanced at the box and the memory I’d just recalled. “Your best girlfriend.”
He chuckled. “You remember.”
“Confession? I looked at our old pictures. There was the one where I had your jersey on.”
“Love that picture. I’m surprised you didn’t burn it.” Not wanting to tell him the thought had crossed my mind, I didn’t say anything. “Can I see it?”
“Sure. The next time you’re here, I’ll show you.”
“Take a picture of it and text it to me.”
“Okay, hold on a second.” Once I had the photo in hand, I did what he asked.
“Hang on, it just came through.”
I could hear him breathing, but he remained silent.
“Cash?”
“Damn, did I screw up letting you go. Prettiest girl in school.”
“Yeah. Okay. Only you thought that.”
“Because I’d kick anyone’s ass if they came near you. And I know that your claws came out when Janice and her sidekick Sally came around.”
“Susan. And they were bitches.”
Cash’s laugh brought on one of my own. “Some things never change.”
“No, I guess not.”
“Want to know what else hasn’t changed?”
“Hmm?”
