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A furrow forms between my brows. He’s…angry. Definitely angry.
He shakes his head. Clutching the sides of his skull, he tips it back, staring up at the ceiling. “This is…unbelievable. I don’t get it.”
“Don’t get what?” I find myself whispering.
He drops his hands and stares at me like he can’t be sure I’m serious.
My mouth quivers and I cross my arms, lifting my chin.
Something in his gaze softens and he looks away, clearing his throat. “So you came all the way to Vermont. Moved to my town. And you never thought to come see me.”
I blink.Oh.
I open my mouth to tell him that Ididin fact come here to see him—that was the whole point—when a rush of anger overcomes me, and I shake my head.
“No, no, you don’t get to do that. You don’t get to play the hurt card and put it all on me.”
His eyes flare with surprise. “Sky—”
I don’t know where this surge of confidence is coming from, but I’m not about to back down now.
“You had threeyears,” I tell him roughly, my voice cracking, “to come find me. To track me down. And you didn’t. If I didn’t come here—if we didn’t run into each other now—you never would have.”
Something shutters in his gaze. “Sky, I—”
“And I know why,” I rush out tightly, cutting him off before he can try to explain himself. “I get it now. I get why you never came for me, why you never told me if you returned my feelings. I get why you didn’t want to see where this could go. But none of that means you get to be mad at me for not telling you I was here. That’s not fair, Nolan.” Again, my voice breaks, this time on his name.
Frowning, he shakes his head. “Skyler, that’s not— Wait, back up, what do you mean you know why? What are you talking about?”
I look down at the floor and shrug. “You got back together with your ex. Or maybe you never actually divorced, I don’t know”
His eyes bulge. “What?”
Feeling my cheeks heat, I keep my gaze averted as I tell him. “Ididcome here to see you…I needed to know. Closure and all that, you know how it goes. You never…I just, I needed to see it for myself.” Tears sting my eyes, and I shake my head, trying to keep my emotions at bay. “I thought maybe…” I trail off, my voice failing me.
“Skyler… what are you talking about? Mel and I are not together. We were divorced before you and I even got together. You know this.”
“But I saw you,” I whisper.
“What?”
“I saw you my first day here. I was going to grab lunch at that diner down the road, and…make a game plan, or psych myself up to go and find you. I found your business online, and the address. I was g-gonna find you. I don’t know, but there you were. Walking out of the restaurant I was headed to. Like you were…dropped right in front of me, a-a-and—”
Suddenly he’s there, clutching my shoulders, halting my rambling with a quietly rumbled, “Stop.”
I suck in a breath, nodding.
“Slow down. Take a breath. Where did you see me?”
Swallowing, I peek up through my lashes, finding him watching me with a deep, heavy-set frown that draws attention to the little wrinkles by his eyes. Those weren’t there last time.
It makes me wonder what else about him changed.
Wetting my lips, I say more steadily this time, “You were walking out. There was a woman with you. Blonde curly hair. And a little girl with brown hair, walking between you two.” A beat passes, and I smile sadly, shakily. “She looked my way—Abby. She saw me and waved.”
His eyes widen like it’s all finally starting to click together.
“She has your eyes. Your smile too.”
