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“Do you trust me?” I was watching the full moon glow over the ocean. “Are you going to tell me our truth?”
Closing my eyes, I held my breath for his answer.
There was none.
He didn’t say a word.
Like his silence hurt less than a “no.”
It didn’t.
“I meant it.” I felt so sick, all our dreams drowning. “We can’t do this anymore. If you won’t tell me, then we have no future.”
I ended the call.
Saying goodbye to Redix? Again? It would’ve wrecked me right there on my balcony. But it did, anyway. Salty tears trickled into my mouth while the familiar ache kept me sitting there alone for hours.
Like I’ve done… for so many years without him.
Tonight, my phone glows again. I almost can’t check it.
Doesn’t he know how this kills me? How I need to stop thinking about him? How maybe if I can make it a whole day without remembering his lips on mine, his body holding me so tight, maybe I can wake up with a smile again?
Please.
I don’t want to hurt anymore.
Relief hits me.
It’s Penny. She knows I came home heartbroken, and she didn’t rub it in. Not with this island buzzing about the pictures of me and Redix at the FREE perfume event. There’s no place I can escape him.
PENNY
What’s the difference between a pregnant woman and a lightbulb?
She’s as bored as me. And trying to cheer me up. Sitting outside the liquor store, hunting for the elusive parrot T-shirt culprit, she’s been pinging my phone with inappropriate jokes all night.
I love her. I reply:
One’s not very bright
I grin because she started this, and it feels good, and I need it. My ribs have cracked with all her dumb model jokes, so it’s payback.
PENNY
Oh! Burn! Good one.
No, bitch.
You can unscrew a lightbulb.
Dots appear. Jameson’s diving in. He’s undercover watching Coligny Park. He’s been blasting us too.
JAMESON
How is life like a penis?
Oh, this is too fun. I have five replies and a fingertip that can’t tap fast enough.
