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I cock an eyebrow and smirk, “Love is the opportunity of a lifetime.”
My fellow cast breaks out in cheers and as I make my way through the throng, I hug every single fucking one of them. Tears aren’t held back. Smiles aren’t either. Even Guilford finally has one on his face as he shouts after me through cupped hands, “This is the exit of a star, Logan!”
I lock eyes with Ines as she hugs her robe to her, standing far back from the crowd.
She shakes her head.
I nod mine once, silently communicating that she was right all along. My heart belonged to someone else. “I’m sorry.”
She waves with sad eyes, and I read her lips saying, “Just go.”
Johan and Terrence walk out with me, both insisting I promise I’ll talk to them often. “You did it for her!”
I hug them before I jump into a cab that stops the second I raise my hand. “When I say I promise I’m going to keep in touch, you guys know I mean it.”
They grin as I close the door. The cab pulls away from the curb and my friends who’ve been through so much with me, hit its trunk, and start running on either side. Terrence does a split-leap and nearly runs into a lamp post. We all crackup as the cab increases its speed and merges with traffic, leaving them behind.
I dial Samantha, and after two rings she answers, “This is a surprise, Logan. It’s Sunday.”
“What are you doing right now?”
“Packing. You got me worried.”
“What are you packing for?”
“Logan, you’ve never called me on any day other than a Monday for almost two years.”
“Are you going on vacation? Just away for the weekend, or for a long time, or what?”
There’s an uncomfortably long pause before she says, “I told you Steven wanted me to move in with him.”
My chest explodes, and it gets worse as I hear Lexi in the background saying, “I didn’t realize how much stuff you had!”
Hoarse and urgent, I shout, “Samantha, don’t do anything until I get there. Just stay right where you are!”
“What? Wait, are you in Georgia?”
“I’m in Hong Kong.” Rubbing my forehead at how long these flights take to get me from here to her, I say, “Remember when you asked me to promise to call you every Monday? And I didn’t want to? But I did it.”
She’s confused and quiet. “Yes.”
“I’m asking something of you now. Don’t move in with this guy yet. I’m coming back to Atlanta because I want to say something to you. Wait for me.”
“You’re flying back here to say something to me?”
“Wait for me,” I repeat. “Samantha, promise me. Promise you’ll wait!”
Lexi begins to say something, but Sam hushes her and returns to the phone. “I’ll wait.”
My heart is pounding as I nod and realize she can’t see me nodding, but my throat feels strangled so it takes me a second to choke out, “I’ll see you Monday.”
