Chapter 27

Lená read my thoughts. "Where do you want to go? I'll come with you, or-"

"Help me pack up my place," I cut her off.

She looked surprised. "You've been planning this?"

"Not really. It just sort of happened a couple of days ago," I said, gesturing toward the bed linens at the backseat.

"Yesterday, I was at the mall picking these up when I ran into Tanya," I added, observing Lena's expression shift from surprise to curiosity.

On the way to my place, I told Lena everything. She nodded emphatically, her frustration evident." Skipping out on that marriage certificate was the right call. Jace Johnston is just another jerk of this century who thinks he can have it all." "Jerk is jerk, no matter the century," I quipped in response.

Lena looked at me closely. "Rea, you don't have to pretend you're okay."

"I'm really not that upset," I replied, keeping my eyes on the road ahead. "Maybe my feelings for him were just as worn out as his for me-like we knew each other too well to spark any emotions."

I genuinely believed it at the time, but little did I know, those quiet emotions were aging like fine wine, ready to hit me harder later.

in

Emberholm. We'd become friends back

not bad, just a bit far and kinda old," Lena

said, tossing the bed linens onto the couch and grabbing the new

leaning against the kitchen doorframe. "It's nice, despite its age. Cozy. I can see you had

it weren't for that

saying they had to discuss

they never came

snapping me

at her. "Say

distress. "Are you

1/2

parents," I said,

wave of indescribable sadness rose

my

chest.

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