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“They love me. Which brings up another question. Did I leave a necklace there?” I touch my bare neck. I still haven’t found that necklace, but I’m sure it has to be somewhere.
“A necklace? No.”
“And not my journal either?” There’s no way I would’ve destroyed them. I know that deep down to my bones. I could’ve never done that to Adam. Destroy something of his mother’s.
“No, Lucy, you kept that part of your life hidden from us. I guess we were okay for you to run to when it all went bad, but now you’re going to pretend you don’t have a family again.”
The phone creaks as I clench it. “You’re the one doing it to me. You’re the one who didn’t come to my wedding.”
“I don’t agree with you marrying into that family. There was a reason you came home, Lucy. I want you to think about that. You’re turning a blind eye to why you walked out on your marriage, but you must’ve felt you couldn’t be there anymore. Someone must’ve said or done something.”
“Mom,” I sigh. “What don’t you understand? The Greenes are good people. Ignore all the bullshit from the feud between the two sides of the family. What have they ever done to make you hate them so much?”
I’m met with another bout of silence. I roll my eyes. “I—”
“Lucy,” my dad comes on the phone. “You know your mom’s feelings on this issue. Nothing is going to change.”
“Well, maybe it should. Maybe you should get to know people before you judge them off of someone else’s experience with them.”
“Don’t sass me,” my dad warns. “Your mom has slaved over you for the last three months and what have you done? You turn your back to go to those people after she almost lost her job caring for you.”
I swallow down the guilt that anyone had to sacrifice anything because of my accident. “I’m sorry for that, but I love Adam. He’s my husband and that’s that.”
“And here we go again. It’s like déjà vu,” my mom comes back on the line.
“Then I guess we’ll just go back to not being in each other’s lives.”
I click End and cock my arm back to throw my phone deep into the woods, but my fingers clench around it and I bring it down, releasing a scream that echoes through the forest. I release a breath and close my eyes. Time to channel this energy into something good. My parents have no idea what they’re talking about. But they sure know how to plant a seed of doubt because now I’m wondering—what if history repeats itself?
I shake my head. No. I know in my bones this is where I belong.
In the afternoon, I call an Uber to take me into downtown Sunrise Bay. Eventually I’ll have to get a car, because getting my SUV from my parents is probably not an option at this point. Not to mention, I want to start fresh. If Adam saw me drive away in that SUV, I don’t want him thinking about it every time he sees it.
The Uber drops me off in the town square and I set my eyes on The Grind. I’ve been meaning to come by and see Zoe since I remembered her last week. Adam had been drinking a coffee and her and her shop came back to me. I’m here to try some different coffees.
“Lucy!” she calls when I walk in, abandoning the customer she’s with and running around the counter to give me a big hug.
“Hey, Zoe,” I say, hugging her back.
How can my parents not love this town?
She draws back, her hands on my upper arms. “I should put you over my knee for waiting so long to come in.”
“Sorry. Believe it or not, I’ve been busy, and I don’t have a car, so I’m at the mercy of others.”
“Well, you’re here now. Let me get you your—”
“Wait,” I rush out before she says my usual order. I think Adam’s starting to think I’m crazy for testing all these new foods and drinks, but it gives me a sense of control I haven’t felt since my accident. “Can I try a few different things? I’m doing this thing where I try to figure out what I like now, not back before I lost my memory.”
She smiles and winks. “You got it. Have a seat and I’ll bring some out to you.”
I walk over to the counter, her employee helping the poor man Zoe left. “I’d rather talk to you while you make them, if you don’t mind.”
“Mind? Not at all.” She gets busy using machines I can’t imagine I’d ever figure out. “So what’s new?”
“Um… nothing.” I bite down my smile with the hopes that she doesn’t suspect anything.
“Don’t give me that. How’s Adam? Are you guys figuring things out?”
