Total pages in book: 75
Estimated words: 75240 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 376(@200wpm)___ 301(@250wpm)___ 251(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 75240 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 376(@200wpm)___ 301(@250wpm)___ 251(@300wpm)
“Well,” I said. “She graduates in a few days.”
“Then go to that,” he suggested.
“I already planned on doing that,” I informed him. “I’m trying to figure out what to say to her to get her to listen to me.”
“Man,” PD dropped his arms to his side. “If she doesn’t want to listen to you, she’s not going to. You’re going to have to make her.”
July’s outraged sniff had me covering a laugh.
“What?” PD asked. “You act like it’s that big of a surprise that I would suggest that.”
“Well, it is,” she grumbled. “Go away and let me talk to Bowe on my own.”
PD shook his head.
“No,” PD disagreed. “What you’re going to do is go get us some sandwiches so we can finish this. You’re only making this take longer than it needs to with your constant yapping about how Bowe needs to do this or that to get his woman back.”
I dropped the wrench I was holding to the floor and exited the room, knowing exactly where this was going to take them if my assumptions were correct.
So, in order to get out of ear-shot, I went and got my own sandwich at the corner store nearest our project house, and ate it in my truck.
I’d just finished off the last bite of it when I saw none other than Troy pull in with Jade sitting next to him their Escalade.
He snarled something to her when she went to follow, and I watched him move.
He didn’t notice me.
But Jade did.
The moment Troy disappeared inside, Jade waved like she hadn’t just been seen pulling in with her husband.
“How are you, Mr. Tannenbaum?” Jade asked sweetly.
“Fine,” I mumbled. “Thanks.”
She frowned at me.
“Angie told a couple of the girls in our class that you and she broke up,” Jade pushed. I guess everyone in her class had figured out our relationship when the tornado hit. We were on the news.
I nodded my head, reaching down to grab my half-filled cup of sweet tea.
“We did,” I confirmed.
“Well, that’s too bad,” she frowned. “I thought y’all were great together.”
I wanted to roll my eyes, but managed to stay facing front. Otherwise she might think it was an invitation to keep talking to her if my eyes accidentally went her way.
“It’s too bad that she moved on so fast,” Jade continued as if I’d been accepting of her musings. “But that’s life.”
When I continued to ignore her, she started to huff in annoyance.
“I saw that she wasn’t too brokenhearted at school today,” Jade smiled. “I have a couple of friends that would just adore a shot at dating you.”
I gritted my teeth.
I had, of course, seen Angie with the man after class today. He was one of the lower level students, and it looked like they were getting along great as I walked past them.
When I’d waited to talk to her by the front doors that led outside, she’d never showed.
And I found out why, a couple minutes later, when I went looking for them and found the pair cozy as fuck in the corner as they spoke about something they found humorous.
Angie had spotted me the moment I’d walked back in the door, and it angered me that she wasn’t even giving me the time of day.
I’d had to get updates from fucking Alec, and by calling the hospital myself and acting like I was Alec—who had given me permission to do so when I bothered him too much.
Then I’d started to visit Elise while Angie was at clinicals.
Lucky for me that Angie’s family was being more understanding about this whole situation than Angie was. Angie’s mom, Kara, had welcomed me into their home and had let me hang with Elise whenever I had some spare time.
Although Angie didn’t know that I was doing this at her house, since Kara’s had been destroyed by the tornado. I hated to visit while Angie wasn’t there. It felt like I was breaking a vow, and I hated being so secretive about it all.
I was sure she’d find out over the last week that I’d been visiting, but she hadn’t yet. Which also had a lot to do with her family.
They were all on my side, and had even gone as far as to say that Angie was overreacting, as she was prone to do.
I did think she was overreacting. Kind of.
It was a big damn deal that Elise had been nearly killed by the transformer that’d fallen through that little building, but it also wasn’t my fault. I had no earthly idea that something like that would happen.
I also had absolutely no control over Mother Nature. Never would I put Elise in danger if it was within my power to do so, and Angie damn well knew it.
Which was why I’d started to get mad.
After realizing that Angie had no intention to come speak with me after class, I’d driven straight to our project house and immediately started working.