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“I guess it’s gone. I don’t know what to say except can you help me push the cart onto its wheels?”
“Come on, girls, we have work to do.”
They slid down the small embankment and helped me right the cart. Luck was on my side as it was still working. Though it was covered in slushy ice and dirt on one side, I figured that could be explained by a myriad of things.
We headed back to the house in silence, and I wondered if they would chew me out once the party resumed, or would they let it go?
Trepidation turned my blood cold. I pulled Harmony into the bathroom when we returned. “Am I in trouble? Will the ladies fink on me to Jacob?”
“I honestly don’t know, V, they aren’t all just a gaggle of Littles. Had they been, we could have chalked this up to a prank. But doing what you did was dangerous, why did you do it?”
I told her about the books in the office and what Jacob had told me about her embellishing scenes she’d told me about instead of the reality. “I was angry at first, but you know what?”
“What?” she asked.
“Tonight, I realized you’ve always been a writer, you just didn’t know it yet. You were telling me the reality you wished for and used your imagination to turn those dreams into words on pages. I’m really proud of you, Harmony, you made it happen, writing your dreams into reality.”
She took my hands in hers, tears trickling down her cheeks. “What you just said, V, is the most profound observation I’ve ever heard. Not once did I make the connection, yet you come here and see it right away.”
She pulled me in for a hug. “You are the bestest friend anyone could have, and I’m so happy you happen to be mine.” She heldme a moment longer, before releasing me and taking my hands once again.
“I have to ask you a question, H.”
“Of course, anything.”
“When I was in your office, I realized something and, well, I’m not sure what to do with it.”
“What is it? Should I be worried?”
“No, at least not you. Okay, when you left home you took what mattered to you most, your wardrobe.”
Harmony laughed. “Oh, yeah, I did. I am the cosplay queen, after all.”
“Right, and Jacob didn’t bring much, and I only saw a few photos lying about, so what was most important to him that he brought here?”
She nodded her head. “I see. Well, you’d have to ask him, but I would say his self-respect. And he didn’t need items for that, V, just himself, and he continues to work on that all the time.”
That made a lot of sense, but it didn’t help me with why my motivation. “Everything I own except my bed frame and dresser are at Jacob’s house. But I don’t know why I need those things to feel safe. Do you?”
There was a bang on the door. “Hurry up, you two, it’s time to try on dresses.”
“We’ll be right there, Sadie,” Harmony answered through the door. “Look, V, I don’t know why, but I promise you will know before the week is through.”
“You think?” I asked nervously.
“I know.” She tapped me on the nose. “Now come on, let’s go have some fun.”
Chapter 10
Jacob
“What doyou think the chances are we get a call and have to end our trip early?”
Sam chuckled and asked, “Too cold for you?”
Gray huffed and shot him a look. “Says the one sitting closest to the fire.”
The others laughed but Gray had asked exactly what I’d been thinking. I was worried about Ronnie being in a new place without me there to protect her. She spent a lot of time with Harmony in the past, but that was back in the city.
