Chapter 16

Chapter 16

Life has a way of creating distance. Months passed without any news of each other, and I made sure to keep it that way. I even asked my parents not to mention the Carters or anything about their family.

College life at Stanford was exactly the distraction I needed. Between joining the photography club, volunteering at the campus radio station, and juggling a full course load, I barely had time to think about the past. The California sun had a way of burning off old memories.

Looking back, it seemed almost laughable how I’d centered my entire world around one person. Ironically, I found myself agreeing with something Aiden had once said why tie yourself down so young when there’s a whole world to explore?

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used to, and the rent prices were insane, but there was something magical about a place where flowers bloomed

Area, and Maya and I took her to this amazing brunch spot in San

stirring her mimosa. “Now he’s working his way through every sorority at Columbia. Total player. You wouldn’t even recognize him –

quiet, pushing my avocado toast around the

warning look, quickly changing the subject to her

a rooftop party overlooking the Golden Gate Bridge. During the countdown, she

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