The whole thing had been a tangled mess. Holding myself to my new commitment to face things, I took a deep breath and met her gaze straight on. “What do you mean?”
“Look,” she said, the sly grin fading from her face and her gaze sobering. “Back when everything happened, you were in the hospital, Jake was dead, and we were all hit hard by what happened. I’m not sure exactly what you were thinking, but I hated that you and Caleb broke up afterwards. We never really talked about it, and I understand why. I mean, I’m guessing you and pretty much the whole world were afraid to talk to me about anything else that might be hard.”
I took a fortifying sip of coffee and nodded. “That about sums it up,” I said softly.
Holly reached over and squeezed my hand. “I was a mess too. And I was scared for
