The shop door opens and my mom rushes in, her arms wide open. She wraps them around me and squeezes so tight, you’d think I’d been declared missing.
“Hey, Mom,” I say.
She draws back and places her hands on my upper arms. “What? What happened?”
I shake my head. “Nothing. Just nerves.”
Lie. Lie. Lie.
The fact is, tonight is the duo night and I’ve done all the planning with Jed. Cade has made excuse after excuse not to come to the meetings. I’m not an i***t—he’s dodging me after we made love. I almost offered him an out right after I came out of the bathroom and he had his pants on. But I’m done with that. If he wants to break it off, he can come here and tell me himself.
“Is this about the boy?”
“What boy?” I stopped telling my mom about boys after Lincoln because I realized I didn’t
