Chapter 7

Less than thirty minutes after Aiden left, Maya sent me a screenshot.

It was Madison’s Instagram post: “Perfect morning Say you’re hungry and your crush magically appears with breakfast. I think this might be turning into something real… ?”

The photo showed the exact same box of chocolate croissants from my kitchen table.

I didn’t reply.

Just silently wiped my tears and knelt down to clean up the spilled boba tea. After scrubbing forever, I realized with frustration that the stain had soaked deep into the wool carpet fibers. It wasn’t coming out.

In a burst of anger, I rolled up the entire carpet and threw it away. It was the one Aiden and his parents had spent an entire afternoon picking out in Nepal and carried back as a gift anyway.

While I was at it, I gathered everything Aiden had left at my house, plus every gift he’d ever given me. Even all our photos together – from prom pictures to casual selfies – went into garbage bags.

It took all day to pack up and throw away six years of memories. Not like he’d want any of this stuff

anyway.

didn’t hear from him for days. Things must be going well with Madison. Or maybe he

like I always did during our fights, without

time, I

no

texts, calls. Changed my door

social media accounts.

away on business. Told them I wanted to spend the summer with Aunt Claire

stay there until fall, then head straight to Stanford with

I’d switched schools.

I could perfectly avoid any chance of running into Aiden.

planning a romantic summer getaway

up some excuse, not wanting to explain. Just said I missed Aunt Sarah

of Love.

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Chapter 7

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