Chapter

53

I gulped down over half the glass. "He left Chiverton a while ago.

"Hmm?" Lena sat cross-legged across from me, her face curious.

"I turned him down, so he left. Apparently, he had work to do," I said making Lena pause.

"He left? Didn't he try harder?" Lena shook her head. This guy lacks persistence."

"He knows when to back off, he's not the clingy type," I said, thinking about Hayden's rugged and sturdy demeanor.

Lena tilted her head, looking at me. If he had tried a bit harder, would you have-"

"No," I cut her off. "I won't use one person to heal the wounds another man caused."

*So, no one can easily replace Jace Lena concluded

I gave a faint smile. "Jace agreed to break up with me."

Lena was stunned.

glass. "I'm just here to shower and change before heading to the Johnstons. I need to clear things up with Matthew and Lindey. Jace

didn't want to let go, or that I

not just Jace, but my youth and

stretched out

it go. Out with the old, in with

"Yeahs, out with the old,

stood up.

the bathroom, I turned on the faucet. The water sprayed down, and

hair, across my forehead,

eyes...

it was just after lunch. Lindey was

I've missed you so much. You had your phone off; you worried

my hand, looking

you. I heard you were sick,"

Lindey said, pulling me to the couch and pushing some fruit

picked up a grape and popped it into my

better," Lindey said,

smiling face made it hard for me to say what I

"Where's Matthew? Is

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