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I curl my fingers around my mug and stare at a few rogue cookie crumbs floating at the top. “She was working, so I left her a note.”
“A note?” Shelby scowls at me. “What’d it say?”
Not enough.
“That’s personal, songbird.”
She and Rooster share a look.
“Do you think she feels the same way?” Shelby asks.
“Sometimes. I don’t know.” My jaw clenches as I think over our “semester.” “She kinda asked about my ‘no relationships’ stance once and I bailed for a bit,” I admit, feeling like an asshole.
Shelby rolls her eyes but holds her tongue.
“She expressed some strong opinions about my behavior.”
Rooster shakes with the effort of holding in his laughter.
I squint at the wall above Shelby’s shoulder. “And she might’ve indirectly called me a fuckboy.”
Rooster loses it, clutching the edge of the table and laughing his big, bearded face off.
Shelby wrinkles her nose. “Yeah, truth hurts, don’t it?”
“I’m not…never mind.” I wave my hand at the cards. “Are we doing this?”
She clutches the cards in both hands. “Are you going to take it seriously?”
I side-eye Rooster. “Well, he hasn’t been very helpful, so maybe the cards can provide some answers.”
“What do I need to be helpful about?” Rooster throws his hands up. “You haven’t asked a serious question, yet.”
“Yes, he did,” Shelby says quietly.
Rooster finally works the smirk off his face.
Shelby starts shuffling the cards. “Clear your mind,” she instructs. “Focus on what you want to ask the universe.”
Am I boyfriend material or destined to be a fuckboy forever?
Jesus Christ, is that what I’m really asking the universe? But now that the question’s formed in my mind, I can’t stop it from repeating over and over.
She sets the deck in front of me. “Cut it.”
The cards are smoother than I thought. They slide when I pick them up and I almost spill them all over.
“Relax,” Shelby says. “This is just a tool to get you thinking about your life.”
“You’re going to need more than one deck,” Rooster says.
“Logan!” Shelby shakes her head.
He runs his fingers over his lips as if he’s capable of keeping his mouth shut.
“All right. Focus on your question, Jensen. We’re going to do a five-card relationship spread and see what we can figure out.”
“You’re birth-naming me. Now, I’m scared.”
