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They share a look.
“Whatever. He’s the one who usually starts it.”
Josefina’s eyes lighten. “Nico uses the same logic.”
Being described as immature is one thing, but to be compared to an eight-year-old kid?
My nose twitches in distaste. “I get your point.”
Being around Julian after nearly a decade apart brings out the worst in me. Things between him and me have always been strained, and it only got worse once we went to college and were introduced to a different kind of issue.
Sexual tension.
Mom tucks my hair behind my ears and straightens my necklace. “I hate to see you two bickering.”
Sometimes I do too. There are brief moments when I wish we could go back to the time right before everything changed.
Before our kiss.
Before he destroyed my heart and any hope for us.
Before he dropped out of Stanford and cut himself out of my life, leaving me to grapple with not only losing Luis Senior but his son too.
My chest tightens.
I never told Julian how much it hurt to be kicked to the curb like I didn’t matter.
And you never will.
The car ride to the Historic District is short, with Julian’s playlist filling the silence. It’s not until he pulls up in front of the library that he finally speaks.
“What’s going on?”
I unbuckle my seat belt. “Don’t worry about it.”
“Impossible wherever you’re concerned.”
My stomach flutters again.
“What are you up to?” he asks after a beat of silence.
“I’m going to go find out more about the Founder’s house. Maybe I can learn about Gerald and Francesca and why the place is haunted.”
His jaw clenches. “There’s no such thing as ghosts.”
“Didn’t you sleep with a night-light until you were twelve?”
“Only because I had to get up a lot during the night to usethe bathroom.” His heated glare has the opposite effect on me.
“Right! I forgot you used to wet the bed too!”
With a frustrated grunt, Julian continues down the road.
“Where are you going?” The library grows smaller in my sideview mirror.
He turns down the next road. “I’m going to park in the lot behind the library.”
“Why?”
