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What is wrong with my house?
“I don’t want to burden you,” she said, looking out into the empty parking lot.
“Then, help,” I suggested. “I’ll give you simple things you can do while I’m at work, and that will become our new deal.”
“Our new deal?”
“I don’t need to go to the gala,” I said. “I don’t need to make my ex jealous.”
I don’t need the temptation, was what I really wanted to say.
I already liked the idea of her turning this car around far too much.
“Are you sure?” she asked, her swollen eyes looking up at me.
“I’m sure,” I answered. “Besides, that is not why you came here. You need to stay focused.”
“You’re right. You’re absolutely right.”
I nodded my head in agreement.
I’d never wanted to be so wrong in my entire life.
CHAPTER NINE
Ispent the rest of the day unloading the car I had meticulously packed, repacked, and then packed again.
I had no idea how Elena had gotten all the crap in there.
When Macon had left me alone in his house that morning with a list of names I should call, I’d felt utterly helpless.
The thought of selling my house made my chest hurt.
But when Macon was around, I was able to put it off. It was something I’d deal with—later.
When he left, I felt utterly alone.
So, I packed up all my shit, and I decided to run back to the safety of home.
But the second I got to the ferry terminal, I couldn’t do it.
Where was home anyway?
Going back to Richmond meant having to face my family.
And Curtis.
I couldn’t bring myself to get on that boat. So, I pulled out of line with all my shit in the back of my car, and I parked.
I had no idea what I was going to do.
That was when Macon found me, slumped against the side of my car, cruising my way into a panic attack.
Thankfully, he’d arrived before it had a chance to go nuclear.
That would have been embarrassing.
What I told him was true. I could not afford those repairs without his free handywork, but I was also not sure I could go through it all by myself.
