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“As in the teenage obsession, and the fact that you saw him having sex with someone when you thought he’d invited you there to declare his undying love for you.”
Oh,that. I hated how tainted the truth made my hormones feel. They had on major Davis blinders, definitely. My vagina didn’t give a flying fuck what happened four years ago, just as long as Davis made us feel more of what he did last night.
I balked, sitting back. “Where is this coming from?”
“Rae, just listen. I know you really well, and I know when you’re starting to fall for the guy that’s been sweet to you, or whatever the case may be. You’re falling for him, and you’re going to get hurt if you don’t just rip the Band Aid off. You need to tell him, and more than that—you need closure with what happened.”
My face heated as I tugged at a loose string.
“Why don’t you want to?” she asked, as though she truly didn’t know—but she had to, especially after running from her new neighbor. She knew.
“Same reason you ran from Colson Hayes.”
Nora blanched, rolling her eyes. “I’m not falling for him, though. You are totally falling for Davis.”
“The past can just stay where it is.” I waved the air aside, as if it were as simple as that.
“Rae…”
“What if he pulls the plug the second he realizes?”
She scoffed. “No, he doesn’t get to. He hurt you—remember? He owes you. You were an innocent teenager with a crush, and then he crushed you. You owe it to yourself to put all this out in the open and get healing from it, otherwise it will just be painful down the road.”
Shaking my head, I stared down at my lap. “I just want to leave it, all of it. My hurt, the fact that he embarrassed me…”
“That’s not just your decision to make. You owe him the truth, but only because you’re developing feelings for him. It’s not fair to have this creep up in your relationship later.”
I stood, suddenly too frustrated to have this conversation with her. Sometimes the past just needed to be left exactly where it was. It would do absolutely no good to tell him that I was his stalker, much less that he had demolished my heart four years ago.
Walking back into the house, I tried to push past the pain, but deep down, I knew she was right.
* * *
Still mullingover whether I was going to stay at Davis’s didn’t change the fact that there were still orders to be picked up. So, that afternoon, I walked into the restaurant and started packing the delivery orders. There were only three, not including Davis’s order, so it would keep me busy for a little while.
I was looking through a few slips and orders when Carl popped up beside me.
“Is this the mountain order?”
I nodded, still too raw to talk after my meeting with Nora.
Carl examined the tickets and then clicked his tongue when he focused on the last name.
“Is this smart?”
I cringed, hating that he was acting this way. The complete opposite from my dad, except my father had no clue what had driven me from Macon four years ago. Still, Carl’s observation and commentary was riding too close to the nerve that Nora’s opinion had rattled.
“It’s an order, and my parents need the money,” I muttered, keeping my eyes on the inventory list.
“But it’s late. Maybe you should wait.”
“I’ll be fine.”
“Rae, you’re not being smart.” He sighed, and I turned to face him.
“What does that even mean? I’m doing exactly what my parents asked me to.” My voice held an edge that could cut if people got too close.
Carl watched me with a pitying expression.
