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couple of seconds passed before Mia added, "That's not what this is about, is it?"
"What? No, why?"
"Okay, because she's seeing someone. I just saw them together last night."
Evan pulled the phone away from his ear. He held it in front of him, staring at it like it was something that had just fallen off of a spaceship—a foreign object that was saying all sorts of things he didn't approve of. It seriously took all of his strength to refrain from making a perfect overhand throw and landing his phone directly into the swimming pool. He was so mad, he felt like he might break into an instant sweat.
"Did you hear me?" Mia asked.
"What?"
"I said Annabel's seeing som—"
"I heard what you said, but my moving back has nothing to do with her," Evan said.
"Okay, I was just making sure," she said defensively.
Evan wanted to drop the subject and hang up with his sister, but he couldn't stop wondering if she'd been seeing that guy last fall when they hung out.
"How long has she been with that guy?" Evan asked, unable to contain his curiosity.
Mia sighed. "I don't know, since about Christmas, I guess. He was with her when she came by at Christmas, but I think that was the first time I met him."
"You're talking like he's your best friend or something," Evan said, irritably. "One second, you act like you think she might be seeing someone, and now you tell me he's coming to Christmas at my house."
Mia laughed. "You're trippin' Evan. One second, you tell me you're moving here, and now I'm starting to think it's not just about opening a restaurant."
Evan was quiet for several long seconds while Mia sat on the other end, waiting to hear how he'd respond.
"Nico's yelling at me from the other room," she said, finally. "I'm happy for you to come back to Carolina no matter what's bringing you here, Ev. I don't want you to think that's not the case. Mom and Dad aren't gonna care what made you decide, they'll just be glad to have you back."
"I appreciate it," he said. "And I didn't mean to overreact. I guess I'm glad you told me she was with someone, even though it doesn't really matter."
"Oh really?" she asked in that teasing tone only a sister could use. "I'm glad it doesn't really matter."
"It doesn’t change the fact that I'm coming back."
"Well, good. I know Mom will be excited."
Evan told his sister he loved her and said goodbye, and one week later, he was on a plane, headed for Charlotte.
Chapter 8
Back to Annabel
It was late October when I had last seen Evan Hunt. I hadn't heard a peep out of him since that night after we made pumpkin bread at my mom's. It was better that way. I could have easily gotten attached, and I knew it was good to have a nice, clean break like it never happened in the first place.
I started seeing Garret Cooper just before Christmas. A friend from the salon set us up on a date, and we enjoyed each other's company enough that we'd been hanging out at least once a week since then.
As an airline pilot, Garret was gone half the time. That's not just a figure of speech, either. It was literally half the time—three days away, three days home, and repeat the process over and over again for the foreseeable future. He flew the same routes time and time again, but he said that would change as he got promotions over the years.
He was a nice guy. He was handsome and dependable, and he had an easy-going personality. He liked to go rock climbing and mountain biking on his off days, which sort of reminded me of Evan since I'd seen pictures of him doing both of those things in ads for the Square Root clothing line. They could have just been posed photos, and Evan might really know nothing about rock climbing or mountain biking, but in the pictures, he looked like a professional.
Not that I compared Garret to Evan, because I didn't. There was nothing to compare. They were two different people. Garret treated me like a lady, and Evan was all the way over in California, doing who knows what.
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"What? No, why?"
"Okay, because she's seeing someone. I just saw them together last night."
Evan pulled the phone away from his ear. He held it in front of him, staring at it like it was something that had just fallen off of a spaceship—a foreign object that was saying all sorts of things he didn't approve of. It seriously took all of his strength to refrain from making a perfect overhand throw and landing his phone directly into the swimming pool. He was so mad, he felt like he might break into an instant sweat.
"Did you hear me?" Mia asked.
"What?"
"I said Annabel's seeing som—"
"I heard what you said, but my moving back has nothing to do with her," Evan said.
"Okay, I was just making sure," she said defensively.
Evan wanted to drop the subject and hang up with his sister, but he couldn't stop wondering if she'd been seeing that guy last fall when they hung out.
"How long has she been with that guy?" Evan asked, unable to contain his curiosity.
Mia sighed. "I don't know, since about Christmas, I guess. He was with her when she came by at Christmas, but I think that was the first time I met him."
"You're talking like he's your best friend or something," Evan said, irritably. "One second, you act like you think she might be seeing someone, and now you tell me he's coming to Christmas at my house."
Mia laughed. "You're trippin' Evan. One second, you tell me you're moving here, and now I'm starting to think it's not just about opening a restaurant."
Evan was quiet for several long seconds while Mia sat on the other end, waiting to hear how he'd respond.
"Nico's yelling at me from the other room," she said, finally. "I'm happy for you to come back to Carolina no matter what's bringing you here, Ev. I don't want you to think that's not the case. Mom and Dad aren't gonna care what made you decide, they'll just be glad to have you back."
"I appreciate it," he said. "And I didn't mean to overreact. I guess I'm glad you told me she was with someone, even though it doesn't really matter."
"Oh really?" she asked in that teasing tone only a sister could use. "I'm glad it doesn't really matter."
"It doesn’t change the fact that I'm coming back."
"Well, good. I know Mom will be excited."
Evan told his sister he loved her and said goodbye, and one week later, he was on a plane, headed for Charlotte.
Chapter 8
Back to Annabel
It was late October when I had last seen Evan Hunt. I hadn't heard a peep out of him since that night after we made pumpkin bread at my mom's. It was better that way. I could have easily gotten attached, and I knew it was good to have a nice, clean break like it never happened in the first place.
I started seeing Garret Cooper just before Christmas. A friend from the salon set us up on a date, and we enjoyed each other's company enough that we'd been hanging out at least once a week since then.
As an airline pilot, Garret was gone half the time. That's not just a figure of speech, either. It was literally half the time—three days away, three days home, and repeat the process over and over again for the foreseeable future. He flew the same routes time and time again, but he said that would change as he got promotions over the years.
He was a nice guy. He was handsome and dependable, and he had an easy-going personality. He liked to go rock climbing and mountain biking on his off days, which sort of reminded me of Evan since I'd seen pictures of him doing both of those things in ads for the Square Root clothing line. They could have just been posed photos, and Evan might really know nothing about rock climbing or mountain biking, but in the pictures, he looked like a professional.
Not that I compared Garret to Evan, because I didn't. There was nothing to compare. They were two different people. Garret treated me like a lady, and Evan was all the way over in California, doing who knows what.
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