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Because Sloane’s not speaking to me. I seriously doubt we’re getting engaged.
“Don’t be so negative, Cam. Remember, it’s a triple seven day! Go manifest right now!” Ansley chides.
“Bye, guys.”
I disconnect and throw the pillow back over my face, hoping to drift back to sleep and at least dream about Sloane. That’s as close to manifesting as I’m getting.
CHAPTER 41
SLOANE
Cam texts me once a day for the next few days, but I don’t respond.
I’m too afraid I’ll crack under pressure, toppling like a Jenga game after a bad pull.
No, it’s safer to avoid.
Soon, he’ll move to Fort Lauderdale and that will be that.
Everything will go back to the way it was before he showed up on my doorstep, asking for my dad.
I suck in a deep breath, an empty hollowness yawning wide in my chest.
A few more days, and I’ll be Cam-free. Marked safe from gorgeous pro football players with outstanding internet dick notoriety.
With shaky hands, I stamp the due date on the index card in the back of a Princess Diaries book and hand it to Abigail, the shoo-in for Summer Reading Champ.
“Thanks, Ms. Sloane. Is your boyfriend coming to theEnd of Summer Book Bash?” She gazes up at me with bright blue eyes, clearly hopeful.
“No. He’s moving to Florida.”
“Oh. So you’re not getting married.”
I half-laugh, half-sob. “No.”
“Bummer. He’s really cute.”
“I know. But he has a job in Florida and I’m working here. So that’s tough.”
“No biggie. My dad drives trucks all over the southeast and my mom stays home. It’s fine. If you love each other, you can make it work.”
Her words saw at the open wound, ripping at the jagged edges. The spot may never heal.
“Thanks, Abigail. But I don’t think we’re meant to be.”
She stares up at me, confused. “Because he’s moving?”
“No. Because it’s complicated.”
“More complicated than geometry?”
I have to laugh at this. “Probably about that level of complicated, yeah.”
“Wow. That is hard. But my mom always tells me I can do hard things.”
This kid isn’t letting up.
“You sure can, Abigail. She’s absolutely right.”
