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conversation but he was one of those people who would usually answer a question with another question while he wore a condescending smirk on his handsome face. I supposed he was working on his masters degree in philosophy, maybe that explained his quirkiness.
Sorcha, however, was no help at all and she thought the whole situation was hilarious. She would tease me relentlessly about my “stalker Romeo” due to the many sexually charged texts and emails that Jude had sent me over the years. When things spiraled out of control like that between us, I normally told him to stop. Or I would just ignore him entirely and then he would either switch back to friend mode or sometimes he would get really ticked off and accuse me of being a “cocktease”.
Sorcha’s brother had once told her that Jude liked me. But come on, I’d known him for five years now, you’d think that he would have gotten the hint that I wasn’t interested in taking it any further with him. The whole situation was weird and uncomfortable.
Supper was winding down when my phone went off, indicating that I’d received a text. I pulled my phone out of my jean’s pocket and read it as discretely as possible under the table.
Aspen, come home by nine pm or I’m coming to get you. Don’t even try and run from me, the world isn’t big enough.
~R.
Roan, what the hell? Couldn’t he take a hint? I felt panicked and quickly checked my watch. It was almost six. I could still make the last bus out of Spruce Hollow at six thirty if I hurried.
I wondered if I would be able to convince Sorcha to drive me there without it appearing too obvious that something weird was going on? It would probably seem pretty strange to her that I had arrived in Spruce Hollow with a car but wanted to leave by bus.
“Think brain, think!” I thought to myself as I quickly responded to Roan’s text:
Leave me alone Roan, you’re not the boss of my universe anymore. I make my own decisions now.
Chapter 10
~Aspen~
It wasn’t the best story that I’d ever come up with but it was pretty darn good as far as fake stories went.
I’d told Sorcha and her family that I needed a drive to the bus station because I was taking the bus to visit my mother’s sister in nearby Shawfield. I told them that I didn’t feel well enough, under the tragic circumstances of my mother’s death, to make the drive myself. It was such a solid story that they didn’t even question why I wasn’t taking my car.
I was relieved because I wasn’t really sure if I had chosen a place that was far enough away that they wouldn’t offer to drive me themselves but not that far that they felt weird about dropping me off at the bus stop by myself with no luggage.
I lied and said that my aunt had invited me to come and stay with her for a while and was expecting me, so I had to leave tonight. I felt like an evil mastermind.
To cement the story, I’d even launched into a little speech about how it was so important for the two of us to be together after everything that our family had gone through with my mother’s death.
In truth, I felt really bad about lying to Sorcha and her family because they were good people who had always treated me well. But it was a means to an end and would allow me to get the hell out of Spruce Hollow and away from Roan without him knowing that I’d left.
“I’m going to drive Aspen to the bus stop, we have to leave now if she’s going to make it,” Sorcha said as she pushed away from the table.
“Oh honey, I was hoping that you and your sister could help me tidy up the supper dishes. Do you think maybe your brother could drive her or maybe Jude? If you don’t mind Aspen,” her mom said kindly.
“Sure, that’s fine by me” I said, shrugging my shoulders. I didn’t care how I got there. A team of bobsledding cats was fine with me as long as I got to the bus station on time.
As luck would have it, I got stuck with
Sorcha, however, was no help at all and she thought the whole situation was hilarious. She would tease me relentlessly about my “stalker Romeo” due to the many sexually charged texts and emails that Jude had sent me over the years. When things spiraled out of control like that between us, I normally told him to stop. Or I would just ignore him entirely and then he would either switch back to friend mode or sometimes he would get really ticked off and accuse me of being a “cocktease”.
Sorcha’s brother had once told her that Jude liked me. But come on, I’d known him for five years now, you’d think that he would have gotten the hint that I wasn’t interested in taking it any further with him. The whole situation was weird and uncomfortable.
Supper was winding down when my phone went off, indicating that I’d received a text. I pulled my phone out of my jean’s pocket and read it as discretely as possible under the table.
Aspen, come home by nine pm or I’m coming to get you. Don’t even try and run from me, the world isn’t big enough.
~R.
Roan, what the hell? Couldn’t he take a hint? I felt panicked and quickly checked my watch. It was almost six. I could still make the last bus out of Spruce Hollow at six thirty if I hurried.
I wondered if I would be able to convince Sorcha to drive me there without it appearing too obvious that something weird was going on? It would probably seem pretty strange to her that I had arrived in Spruce Hollow with a car but wanted to leave by bus.
“Think brain, think!” I thought to myself as I quickly responded to Roan’s text:
Leave me alone Roan, you’re not the boss of my universe anymore. I make my own decisions now.
Chapter 10
~Aspen~
It wasn’t the best story that I’d ever come up with but it was pretty darn good as far as fake stories went.
I’d told Sorcha and her family that I needed a drive to the bus station because I was taking the bus to visit my mother’s sister in nearby Shawfield. I told them that I didn’t feel well enough, under the tragic circumstances of my mother’s death, to make the drive myself. It was such a solid story that they didn’t even question why I wasn’t taking my car.
I was relieved because I wasn’t really sure if I had chosen a place that was far enough away that they wouldn’t offer to drive me themselves but not that far that they felt weird about dropping me off at the bus stop by myself with no luggage.
I lied and said that my aunt had invited me to come and stay with her for a while and was expecting me, so I had to leave tonight. I felt like an evil mastermind.
To cement the story, I’d even launched into a little speech about how it was so important for the two of us to be together after everything that our family had gone through with my mother’s death.
In truth, I felt really bad about lying to Sorcha and her family because they were good people who had always treated me well. But it was a means to an end and would allow me to get the hell out of Spruce Hollow and away from Roan without him knowing that I’d left.
“I’m going to drive Aspen to the bus stop, we have to leave now if she’s going to make it,” Sorcha said as she pushed away from the table.
“Oh honey, I was hoping that you and your sister could help me tidy up the supper dishes. Do you think maybe your brother could drive her or maybe Jude? If you don’t mind Aspen,” her mom said kindly.
“Sure, that’s fine by me” I said, shrugging my shoulders. I didn’t care how I got there. A team of bobsledding cats was fine with me as long as I got to the bus station on time.
As luck would have it, I got stuck with
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