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“Where did you go?” I ask him. “Where is the boy I fell in love with? Where did he disappear to? Where’s my Kevin?”
And he shrugs again.
“Are you ever going to repay me?” I ask feebly.
Kevin answers back at incredible speed.
“No. Never.”
And something starts to burn within me. A fire sparks inside my chest.
“I’m going to drag your ass through court,” I say. This time I am not whispering. This time I am not feeble.
And before my ex can answer or shrug at me, I walk away. I go straight past the counter and out the back – all the way to that same comforting alleyway where I hid Victor and where Kevin can’t follow.
I leave behind my half-eaten almond croissant.
But I don’t care.
I lean against the wall and silently pray that Kevin just... goes away.
I don’t know how long I lean there. Minutes, at least.
And finally, Amanda appears. She stands in the doorway leading back inside the coffee shop, a hand on her hip. I’m assuming Kevin has gone.
Amanda knows something’s up.
“What’s wrong?” she asks me.
“I can’t do this, Amanda,” I reply softly and slowly.
And then I finally start to cry.
21
VICTOR
“There she is.”
Evelyn points to the person power walking toward us on the airport tarmac. In her other hand, my publicist has her phone out, opened to her messages. She’s glued to that thing every day and every hour. She must’ve just received word that Josie made it to the airport. That’s why she’s pointing.
That might be her...
“You’re sure?” I ask Evelyn as we stand together on the runway in front of the jet.
“Yep. Security just informed me. It’s her.”
“I think I’ve just lost a bet.”
“You didn’t think your new girlfriend would come?” my publicist asks.
“Nope.”
“Well, that’s definitely her. You’ve lost that bet, I’m afraid.”
“Good.”
I really didn’t think Josie would actually show her face here at the airport today. Even though she sent through the signed agreement to me, I still couldn’t fully believe she would actually turn up and go through with my crazy plan.
