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“When Beau and I get married, of course. Anyway, he’s probably at the front waiting for me. Ta-ta!” She waved her fingers and walked around to the front of the house. I could feel tears prickling in my eyes again.
Lucy took my hand. “Are you okay?”
“I’m fine,” I said with a quick nod.
“I don’t believe her, Olivia. She’s trash.”
“She’s beautiful. And she is his ex-girlfriend. I heard him saying something like she made him realize that he wants more in life or something like that.”
“There’s no way he’s with her. She’s joking. He’ll be out in a second,” she said.
“You think so?” Hope was the only thing I could cling to in that moment.
“Yeah, you’ll see. And then we’ll laugh, and he’ll laugh, and he’ll say that she’s just some psychopath, like from Single White Female or something. At least I don’t have to live with her.”
I pinched myself to stop the tears.
“You’re not really going to leave, are you?” Lucy said quietly.
“If Beau doesn’t come out and if this isn’t a joke, I am going to leave. I just don’t know what I’m doing here.”
“You’re here because you wanted to see me.”
“That’s true; I did come to see you. But I have a little confession to make.”
“Oh, what’s the confession?”
“You know when you FaceTimed me when you first got here months ago?”
“Yeah.”
“Well, Beau was in the background then.”
“Yeah, I remember.”
“And I kind of thought he was hot.”
“I know.” Lucy’s eyes widened. “Wait, you came for him and not for me?”
“Don’t take it like that. I came for both of you. Of course, I wanted to see you. I missed you. But I kind of wanted to check him out, I guess. He’s gorgeous, and I don’t know. Maybe I saw us having a love story like you and Austin.” I could feel my face getting warm. “I’m embarrassed even saying that out loud.”
“Don’t be embarrassed, Olivia. We all have daydreams and fantasies of a true love story.”
“Yeah, but it doesn’t always work for us. Or at least not for me. It worked for you.”
“Austin’s amazing. I’m glad I came here. I took a chance, but it might not have worked out. Probability says that it wouldn’t have worked out. You know that right?”
“I know.” I sighed. “I think I need to go pack my bags.”
“Oh, please not now. Please?”
“Maybe after I eat something.”
“Come on.” Lucy led me over to the grill, where Austin was standing.
“Have you seen Wyatt?” he asked.
“No. Why?”
