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“Blu will love you more than anything else on earth,” I reassure him as he stares at the fire as if contemplating throwing himself in it.
We make corn over the fire and eat it with the fries and hot dogs we picked up at a nearby fry truck.
“So what do you think of your internship so far?” He brings me between his legs after we eat, his arms engulfing my shoulders.
Quieting the heartbreak. Focusing on this moment only.
“Good.” I’m interning in all the departments of our firm for the next few months.
“The science department?”
“It’s nice to get to know the managers I deal with daily. But with my job, I feel like I have the best of both worlds.”
“Give it time. In a few weeks, you might decide you prefer to switch. Considering you went above and beyond our own experts for the Abby project, I’d say they’d be lucky to have you on their team.”
“Well, thank you.”
“I’m not sure how I feel about that. I’m proud of you, but I also feel like firing someone.”
I shake my head and smile while he tilts my head up and kisses my cheek.
How does he do it? How does he turn my body warmer than the fire in front of me with the simplest of kisses?
“I’m happy with you, Damon—at work and at home.”
The piercing look in his eyes forces the next breath from my lungs. “You can’t be happy with someone when you’re left wondering if they’ll leave you behind.”
I stare at the fire again. “So then how do we move from here?”
“There’s nowe, Gemma.” The rhythm of my heart slows with each word passing through his beautiful pink lips. “You don’t need to change anything.”
“That’s not true. I worry sick that you’ll leave.”
“And whose fault is that, hmm? Anyway, I brought something.” He unzips his backpack and removes the pink and purple journals.
Palmer’s diaries.
He hands me one of them and I swallow, hoping tonight won’t end up in another fight. Instead, he takes the pink journal and throws it in the fire, the flames ravenous for each piece of paper as all of her words turn into ashes.
“Go ahead. Throw the other one.”
I don’t hesitate. I throw it in, relieved when the flames destroy them both in front of our eyes.
“How do we know her sister doesn’t have a copy?”
He stares at me dead on. “She doesn’t have a digital copy. I know that much.”
“How?”
“Doesn’t matter, Gemma. Besides, Sutton doesn’t hate me enough to get me in trouble with the law, nor would she ever incriminate her own parents.”
He’s right. At least, I really hope he is.
The thought settles me once and for all.
I kiss him.
I kiss him for the pain inside my heart. I kiss him for the pain inside my head.
