Change of Heart, Part 2 by Scarlett Edwards

Author:Scarlett Edwards [Edwards, Scarlett]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Amazon: B00DZ51NNU
Goodreads: 17981530
Published: 0101-01-01T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

I find Min crying in the restroom stall. I rap my knuckles gently against the wood. “Min? It’s Penny. Can I please come in?”

I hear her sniffle as she tries to pull herself together. “Just give me a minute. I’ll be fine.”

“Min, please,” I beg. “I’m so sorry for bringing Joey up. I didn’t know.”

“It’s not your fault. I knew Rich would react like that.” Another sob. “That’s why I didn’t tell him. I just wish it didn’t happen tonight.” One more sob. “Now I’ve ruined a perfect evening.”

“Min, nobody can blame you. Rich acted like an ass. He was selfish and mean. Now, can I please come in? I feel like I’m talking to the wood here.”

After a moment, I hear the latch come free. I push the door open. Min is a mess. She’s sitting on the toilet lid, her head in her hands. Silent sobs rock her body. All her makeup is ruined, and her hair, which had been so perfect just minutes ago, now falls in chaotic waves to her shoulders.

“Oh, you poor thing!” I say. “Come here.” I wrap my arms around her and let her cry into me. I make shh-ing noises like Rich had for me when I broke down on the beach. If this had happened even two weeks ago, I wouldn’t know how to react. Thankfully, I’ve had a lot of experience getting in touch with my emotions since then.

When Min calms a bit, I hold her by the shoulders and look into her eyes. “You are a beautiful, strong woman,” I tell her. “The strongest I’ve ever met. If you say you love Joey, then so be it. I remember the advice you gave me. Rich doesn’t know what it’s like for us girls. He thinks we can turn off our emotions with the flip of a switch. And he’s in no position to try to control your relationships.”

“Thank you, Penny.” Min rubs at her eyes. “I know Rich means well. But the way he brought it up just made me remember everything I went through losing Grace. Rich doesn’t even know the truth. Joey disappeared because his father sent him to military school the minute he found out about me. We were both seventeen. That’s why I didn’t hear from him. I hated him, too, while I went through all that hell. But it wasn’t Joey’s fault. His father stopped all his attempts to communicate with me. Joey didn’t even know about the stillbirth. When he found me years later, he was expecting a little kid—” Min bites back more tears, “—a girl or a boy, who looked just like him. When I told him what happened, he looked like his soul had been ripped out and torn in two.”

“Min, I’m so, so sorry.” I smooth her hair. “Your brother is a brute. I love him, but he’s just a great, big brute. Of course he’d overreact like this. He loves you, but he has his own way of showing it.

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