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I heard a loud cackling voice behind me. I turned around to see what he was looking at. A beautiful redhead walked in wearing a tight white dress. She sashayed around the back of the yard, waving at everyone.
“I’m here. I’m here, everyone! Hold your applause, please. Hey, Chet. Sadie, I see you’ve gone to Macy’s and got some work done on your face. Wyatt, wow. You’ve grown up. Flint, Huck, Austin. Oh, is that your girlfriend, Austin? I heard you got with a city chick.”
Finally, she came up to Beau. She didn’t even bother looking at me. “Beau, honey, why are you so obsessed with me? Why do you keep calling me? And what was with that dick pic?”
“What the fuck are you talking about, Brittany?”
“I’m asking you. We broke up. It’s over. I mean, I guess I could give you another chance. I know that’s what you really want, but—”
“Brittany, what the hell?” he said.
She looked at me. “It’s crazy, these Hamilton men. They think they own you just because they fuck you a couple of times.” She rubbed his shoulder. “Yes, Beau, the fucks were good. And yes, I did love you. Obviously, you loved me, but you need to—”
Beau grabbed her wrist. “I’ll talk to you in a second, Olivia, okay?” He pulled her over to the side. It looked like they were arguing.
Lucy ran over to me. “Oh my gosh, what was that about?”
“I don’t know. I think that’s his ex.”
“Oh, is that Brittany?” she said.
“Yeah, that was her name. You’ve heard of her?”
She nodded. “She was his last ex. I forget why they broke up. Something to do with one of them not wanting to get married and her dad telling him to leave her alone or something. I’m sorry. I don’t really know what’s going on.”
“That’s okay,” I said, distracted. I was watching Beau and Brittany as they walked into the house. “I’ll be right back, okay?”
“Okay,” she said. “You sure you’re going to be okay, Olivia?”
“I’m fine.”
I hurried toward the house. I knew I was being nosy, but I had to know what they were talking about. I entered the kitchen in time to see them walking down the hallway, arguing about something. I couldn’t really hear what they were saying, and I didn’t want to get close enough for them to see me. I tiptoed down the hallway, hanging back a bit.
“Look, Brittany, you need to move on with your life.”
“You know you still love me. You know you want me and that we’re meant to be together.”
“I made a mistake, okay? I admit that. There’s more to life than work. And our relationship—”
“I’ve missed you, Beau. I’ve missed you so much. You can’t tell me you haven’t missed me too.”
“Brittany, I . . .” I couldn’t hear what he said next because his voice was muffled, and I frowned. I peeked around the corner and saw Brittany holding on to him. He was looking down at her with an expression I’d never seen before and my heart froze.
“Brittany,” he said, “you made me realize exactly what I want. I don’t want to do this alone. The right person does make all the difference.”
I gasped and stood back, pressing my head into the wall.
So he wanted to be with her, this Brittany. I couldn’t believe it. I just couldn’t. I looked back around and saw that Brittany was still clinging to him.
“Oh, Beau. I’m so glad you’ve come to that realization. I’m so glad.”
Her eyes met mine over Beau’s shoulder and narrowed as we stared at each other. My face heated, and I quickly stepped back out of sight. Brittany’s voice got louder. Maybe she wanted me to hear her. Maybe she wanted to hurt me. But all I heard her say is, “I’m ready to marry you, Beau. Take me to your bedroom and fuck me like you did the last time. Fuck me hard and fuck me good.”
Tears rushed to my eyes, and I ran outside. I couldn’t deal with this anymore. Lucy was standing next to the fire pit, but as soon as she saw me, she rushed over.
“Olivia, what’s wrong? What’s wrong?”
“I have to go. I can’t do this, Lucy. I’m going to leave tomorrow.
