All The Ways You Saved Me by Jamie Howard

Author:Jamie Howard
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Swerve

Chapter 24: Ian

5 Years Earlier

The wipers thwapped back and forth over the windshield, doing absolutely nothing to stop the full-on blanket of white that was bearing down on us. Ben’s knuckles were equally white as he clutched them around the steering wheel, trying like hell to keep the van on the road.

Static buzzed through my phone, reminding me that Maggie was still waiting for my answer. “We’re coming down Old Mill Lane, I think, and . . . shit!” I slammed my hand against the roof to try to keep myself in my seat. Snow blurred around us as the van fishtailed around the corner. The cell phone flew out of my hand, skidding across the rubber mats to the backseat.

With a jerk, the van straightened out, and Ben unclenched his teeth, blowing out a breath. He muttered something under his breath that I didn’t catch, but I doubted was worth hearing anyway.

A head sporting nearly white-blond hair popped up next to my arm rest. Leaning one arm against the back of my seat, Felix passed me my phone. “I think you dropped this, man.” He swiped a hand through his long hair. “Hey, Ben, try not to kill us, would you? Seriously, you need me to drive?”

Ben’s glare was wasted on the windshield. “Fuck off, Felix.”

Felix flopped back onto the bench seat, giving Gavin a punch in the arm as he laughed. Gavin gave him a tense smile, but tightened his grip around the edge of the seat.

The phone in my hand was yelling at me, “Ian! Oh my God, Ian! Are you there?”

“Sorry, I’m here.”

“What the hell just happened?”

I quadruple-checked my seatbelt, giving it a sharp tug. “Just dropped the phone. Nothing to worry about.”

“You’re a terrible liar.”

“Points for effort?”

A frustrated sigh crackled through the earpiece. “You guys should have been here last night. I can’t believe you missed our rehearsal dinner, and now you’re out there driving through a blizzard.” There was a quick beat of silence on the other end. “Ugh. Ignore me. I know it was important that you stayed and met with the label rep, but I’m freaking out over here. The lights are flickering, the roads are a mess. I have no idea how we’re going to pull this off.”

“Would this be the time I remind you which one of us thought it was a good idea to get married on Christmas Eve?” I flinched and ducked as something hard slapped against the front windshield. A tree branch, maybe.

“I don’t know, would this be the time I remind you that with our classes and someone’s busy schedule, this was one of the only times we could make it work?”

“Babe, take a deep breath. Try to relax.”

Her snort came through loud and clear. “I don’t know Ian, we—”

“Maggie.”

“Yeah?”

“We just pulled in the driveway. Can we have this conversation inside?”

The line clicked off, and I shoved open the door, stepping into a good foot of snow. The icy stuff slid right into my shoes, and a shiver stole itself up my spine.

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