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Can I let her go?
I’m not selfish enough to ask her to stay, but the thought of losing her forever tears me up.
“I have. The arrangements have already been made,” she confesses in a whisper.
“When?” For her, I try to keep it together.
“I can’t tell you that either.” Sunday throws her arms around my neck, and I tightly squeeze her back.
She’s leaving. She can’t tell me when or where she’s going. I won’t even know her new name.
This is good-bye.
Blindsided.
Crushed.
I’m losing my best friend. Maybe forever.
I fight back devastating emotion that threatens to come tumbling out.
“I’ll always want the best for you, Sun, but I wish I could have given it to you here.”
“This isn’t your fault. The only one to blame is Matt. I regret ever meeting him. I can’t live the rest of my life like this though. I need to be free.”
“I get it. I really do, but that doesn’t mean I like it.”
“I love you, Braze. You’ll always be my best friend.” Her voice is thick with heartache.
“I love you, too, Sunday.” My voice matches hers.
“Noah is good for you. I’m happy I got to meet her before I left because I’m sure she’s the one for you.”
“Is this why you pushed me toward her?”
“Duh. I needed to know you’d be okay after I was gone. Also, in case you haven’t figured it out, Noah is it for you. I’m sure of it. I see it every time you look at her. Don’t screw it up, Hale.” Sunday wipes at the tears that have heavily unleashed from her eyes.
“I don’t plan on it.”
Lately, everything is moving so fast. Noah has swiftly found a place in my life. I saw a girl on a porch, and the next thing I know, I’m falling for her. Everything about that couldn’t be better. But, now, this new particular about Sunday leaving is out of the blue, and from the sound of it, at any moment, she will most likely disappear into the night without a trace.
“I know you don’t know much or can’t tell me, but will this happen soon? Like, are our minutes numbered, or do we have a little time before you go?” I sit up on the couch and steal Sunday’s turkey sandwich. Surprises make me hungry, and I love spicy mustard almost as much as she does.
“I honestly don’t know. I’m waiting for arrangements to be made and to be given the green light.”
“And, this woman, she knows what she’s doing? Matt won’t be able to find you?”
“It’s not like I could check out her Facebook reviews, Brazen. But, yeah, my gut tells me that I’ll be okay with her. There’s no guarantee that Matt won’t ever find me if he looks hard enough, but I do know that, here, he knows exactly where I am.”
My mom is going to be devastated when she finds out Sunday is leaving. Mom has always seen her as a daughter. It’ll kill me to tell her.
“Here.” She pulls out papers from her bag and hands them to me.
“What’s this?”
“I signed over my half of the business.”
“You shouldn’t have done this. We built Brazen Sun together. I don’t want you to give it up.”
