Why won’t you return my calls?
Joy glanced at the text from Jeremy and almost blocked his number entirely. He’d texted her twice previously, and now he wouldn’t let up. What did even want from her? He was the one who’d cheated, not her.
Cranky and tired, she replied, Because you cheated on me and I don’t want to talk to you? I’m not sure why this is so complicated.
She probably shouldn’t antagonize him—sometimes she thought Jeremy loved fighting as much as anything—but she was tired of this. She’d left Chicago for a number of reasons, and having one of those big reasons still dogging her steps didn’t help her mood at all.
The three dots appeared, and then: I don’t get why you won’t talk to me at all. I’m trying here, Jo-Jo.
She snorted. Trying so hard that he cheated on her with her b
