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“That’s ridiculous.”
“It is not! What you and Rhys have always had together is what the best romance books and movies are made of. You just got sidetracked for a while. I give it a month, and you’ll officially be Rhys’s ‘Juliet’ again.”
“Don’t start with that.”
“Bet me. One month.”
“No.”
“Oh, come on!”
“You’re such a heifer. Do you know that?”
Macie giggled. “I’m your heifer, BFF.”
“Yeah, you are. And moving on… I have one more thing to tell you that’s going to make you scream; then I need to go help my momma with supper.”
“My mind is running wild, imagining what you’re about to say.”
“Rhys and I fell asleep in my bed after we had sex and woke up minutes before my parents were supposed to be home from work. We were like two tornadoes spinning around my bedroom, hurrying to get dressed and get everything straightened back up. We made it to the kitchen table seconds before my momma walked into the house. My daddy had to stay at school for a meeting.”
“That was supposed to make me scream?”
“No. This part. I thought Rhys and I were in the clear, but my momma pulled three feathers out of my hair after he left. They came from my bed pillows.”
“Holy shit! Your sweet momma knows you and Rhys fucked under her roof!”
“Yep,” I chuckled.
“Was she upset?”
“Not in the slightest. She talked to me as a friend would’ve done. I needed her understanding and was relieved to receive it.”
“You have had one heck of a day.”
“You’re telling me. Gotta go. I love you…heifer.”
“Love you too…Juliet.”
I hung up and thought about Macie comparing Rhys and me to Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare’s ill-fated lovers. How they died was so tragic. How Rhys and I ended was tragic, too. I brought the poison and the dagger to our relationship. Thankfully, they hadn’t completely killed it. I was sure they had, but fate had something else in mind for my high school sweetheart and me.
Wanting to let him know how it went with my momma after he left the house, I pulled up my text thread with him.
Me:I’m going to call you after I eat supper, but I wanted to go ahead and let you know my momma knows we had sex earlier.
Rhys replied by adding exclamation marks to my message.
Me:Don’t worry. She’s fine with it.
Rhys:How did she find out?
Me:Three feathers from my bed pillows were stuck in the back of my hair.
Rhys:I’m sorry I didn’t notice them.
Me:It’s okay. Relax.
Rhys:I won’t be able to look your momma in the eye again.
