#Chapter 71: Turning Back
Abby
Chloe leaving sends me into a spiral.
Hot tears begin to p rick at the backs of my eyes as I watch her fading form. Some of my other
employees are starting to trickle in, with Daisy at the helm, who nearly ran face-first into the slamming
door as Chloe brushed past her without so much as a greeting.
“Geez,” Daisy says, swinging the door open with a confused look on her face. Her ankle is all wrapped
up in an Ace bandage, but she seems much better after she rolled it. Ethan comes in behind her. I’ve
noticed recently that the two of them seem thick as thieves, but I pretend not to notice. It’s sweet, but
it’s not my business.
Daisy jerks her head toward Chloe as she approaches the bar. “What’s her problem?”
I shake my head and try to steady myself over my coffee. “Nothing. Don’t worry about it.”
Daisy, picking up what I’m implying, scurries past to the back room without a word. Ethan, however,
doesn’t take the hint. Typical men.
“You good, Abby?” he asks, limping behind the bar and pouring himself a cup of coffee from the
machine. “You look like—”
“Just… Don’t,” I interrupt, unable to hide my annoyance any longer. Ethan shoots me a confused look,
but I don’t care at this point.
Still reeling from my argument with my best friend, I storm into my office, my heels clicking angrily
against the floor. The door slams behind me before anyone can so much as utter a word, leaving me
alone at last.
I’m overwhelmed, hurt, and furious all at once. Chloe was supposed to be my rock, my confidante, my
turn her back on me like that?
on the street when he’s
I should be staying away from him. Maybe this will end
But if it does, I want it to be my
shaking as I grip the edge of my desk. I hear
about the spectacle that just unfolded. What’s worse
air my dirty laundry in public, and
palms against my eyes, trying to hold back the
trickling down my cheeks as I
a hesitant knock at the
snap, my voice breaking. I’m in no mood to deal with anyone right now,
coming back to apologize.
the door creaks open anyway, and I look
of all of
hiss, narrowing my eyes. “I said
voice is soft as he lingers in the doorway. I don’t know what to say; all I
up at him, praying that no more
“Talk about what?”
inside and closes the door gently behind him. For
me. There’s a genuine warmth in his gaze,
crumble a little. It’s just like when we were together,
never gave up whenever I refused to
me insane, he always pushed me to tell him what was going on. Now
one of those times.
Chloe?”
my body, my lips pressing into a quivering line.
in a hug before I’ve had the chance to even
boundaries, I should push him away, but
they offer. Karl doesn’t speak, doesn’t
that sometimes silence speaks
my eyes still damp. “Why
best friend.
gently. “You two have
take a deep breath and turn away, wiping
Not over something this serious. Not over…” My voice trails off, the
is what I
his eyes full of genuine concern and understanding. “I’ll make it right, Abby, I
guard. “Why would you say that? This
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