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“Hi.”
“How…how did it go?”
I exhale, flipping on a blinker before I turn onto the highway.
“It sucked. She has a year, probably less. She looked terrible. Basically ignored Sydney, at first.”
She says nothing, letting me rant.
“It sucked,” I repeat. “Every time I see her, it feels like I lose her all over again. Why can’t she change? Why can’t it end? Why can’t sheapologize? Just once. Admit she made mistakes. I mean, she’s dying. If there’s ever a time to swallow your pride, that’s it, right?”
“I’m so sorry, Holden. I wish I could fix it all for you. Is there anything I can do?”
“You’re doing it. But you have to go, right? Don’t you have your study group at seven?”
“You memorized my schedule?” She sounds surprised.
“Wasn’t that the point of you sending it to me?”
Her laugh still has some shock in it. “It was for reference. I wasn’t planning on testing you.”
“Well, I’d get an A.”
“I told them I wasn’t coming this week,” she tells me.
“Why?”
“Because I was hoping you’d call me after and I wanted to be able to answer.”
“You didn’t have to do that.”
“Iwantedto.”
“We met her at Roxbury Diner, you know.”
“Oh, yeah. I haven’t been there forever, not since I stopped chauffeuring Regan to her dance classes.”
“That was the last time I was there, with you.”
“Your failed matchmaker attempt, you mean?”
I smile, even though she can’t see me. “Maggie and Ben went out a couple of times. Andwe’retogether, so it definitely wasn’t a failure.”
“Yeah, but the date was for them.”
“You really think I would have showed up if you hadn’t been there?”
Her silence answers for her.
“That was when I realized how bad I’d fucked up, Cas. Talking to you there, I realized my feelings for you hadn’t gone anywhere. That theyweren’tgoing anywhere.”
“Well, you always were a slow learner.”
I snort. “True.”
“Is Sydney doing okay?”
“I think so.”
