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Chapter 38
Die From a Broken Heart - Maddie & Tae
Kinsley
After Wyatt had left, I locked myself in my trailer for the night, and the next day, Maisey came knocking on the door several times. So did Finn, but I couldn’t bring myself to open it.
The isolation had gotten to me until I couldn’t take it anymore.
I found my friends, Maisey and the guys, sitting around a campfire, but Wyatt’s absence was triggering, and I almost turned back. I paused, unsure what to do.
“Kinsley, how are you holding up?” Finn spotted me before I could run.
I took the last steps closer and sat down beside Maisey on a blanket. I exhaled. “I don’t know. I mean, I knew he would be mad, but that— That was so much more.”
Grady shifted; his gaze fixed on the fire. “Thing is, Kins, you kinda stepped over a line.”
Rhett chimed in; his tone more stern than usual. “It’s about trust. You and Finn went behind his back. That’s not easy to forgive.”
A surge of frustration ran through me. “So, what? I’m the bad guy here? I was trying to save his rodeo season!”
Finn nodded in agreement. “Exactly. Wyatt’s being stubborn, but he’ll see reason eventually.”
Grady turned to Finn. “You know him better than anybody! It’s not about being stubborn. It’s about making his own choices. You two decided for him; that’s the issue.”
“Yeah, I do know him better than anybody, and I know when he needs to be pushed. We did what we had to do.”
“You really think you had to manipulate him like that?” Grady countered.
“Yeah, I do. He had nothing left. You give Wyatt enough rope, and he will hang himself with it. I wasn’t about to let that happen. Wyatt will get over it. He’ll be back.”
I wished I could feel the confidence in Finn’s voice.
There was truth to what he’d said, and Wyatt would come back because he would never, ever walk away from Finn. But that rule didn’t apply to me.
“No,” Grady continued. “You guys went too far this time.”
“This time?” I asked. “What is that supposed to mean?”
“It means you always do this; you always push him. And you wonder why you’re always breaking up,” Grady said.
“That’s not— Maybe if I just—”
“Back off him, Kinsley,” Rhett’s voice cut through me—a tone I’d never heard from him—and it took me aback. “He needs to figure things out on his own. You can’t do it for him.”
“Kinsley, I think…” Maisey started quietly.
I stood up, cutting her off. “I’m not listening to this anymore. If you would all rather see him drown… I’m fighting for him—somebody should.” I stomped away from the camp and heard Finn’s voice behind me.
“Nice, guys,” he said sarcastically. “Kinsley, wait up!” He jogged to catch up with me.
I replayed the argument in my mind, Grady’s harsh words stinging.
‘You always push him. And you wonder why you’re always breaking up.’
Was that true? Was I always overbearing? Controlling, even?
I chewed on my lip—a nervous habit I couldn’t seem to break.
