Chapter 17
Erika didn’t answer the phone the first day. She hadn’t made any posts on social media, and none of her friends had called Austin to angrily demand to know what his problem was, so he figured she was keeping the news to herself for now. Austin didn’t tell any of his friends the extent of their separation, though most of them had already guessed he had done something to f**k stuff up.
Austin tried to stay out of Neil’s house as much as possible as well. He was grateful for everything Neil had done, but he couldn’t concentrate around him. His focus was broken by watching Neil and trying to determine if he was worth leaving Erika for. That wasn’t a good mindset to be in if he was going to fix this. Instead, he went to a local bookstore with a built-in café to read and use the fre
