Follow Me Back by A. Meredith Walters

Author:A. Meredith Walters [Walters, A. Meredith]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Gallery Books
Published: 2015-05-31T16:00:00+00:00

chapter

twenty

aubrey

why had I accepted Maxx’s invitation?

I had a strong feeling that the world I had only just gotten back on track was about to change all over again.

I sat on my couch only an hour after leaving the coffee shop, the brochure for the Department of Education in my lap and a thousand different possibilities for my life floating around in my head. I was feeling completely and totally overwhelmed.

Renee walked through the door in the middle of my silent freak-out looking much calmer than she had earlier. “Are you all right?” I questioned her.

My friend collapsed on the couch beside me. “I’ve made a mess of stuff,” she said, her admission rough in her mouth.

“You want to talk about it?” I asked, giving her the opportunity to share with me what was going on with her. My curiosity was killing me. I wanted to know what Devon said to her. I wanted to know what exactly she was doing with her abusive ex-boyfriend. I wanted to grill her more about Iain and what had happened between them. Renee put her hand over mine that still clutched the course catalogue and squeezed. The comforting gesture was clearly for her as much as for me.

“I do want to talk about it, Aubrey. I really do. Just not right now. My head sort of feels like it’s going to explode.” She gave me a wry smile that I returned.

“This is definitely a head-explosion zone,” I agreed.

“So, Maxx . . .” Renee’s voice trailed off, letting me fill in the gaps for her.

“He asked me to go horseback riding with him,” I told her, grimacing.

“Horseback riding? Since when are you Annie Oakley?” Renee scoffed.

I rolled my eyes. “Since never. But I told him okay,” I said in a rush, putting the truth out there as quickly as possible.

Renee squeezed my hand again and dropped her head onto my shoulder. “What’s wrong with us?” she asked, giving voice to the very question that had plagued me for months.

“We love too hard and too recklessly, I think,” I murmured.

“Let’s just hope we can walk away in one piece this time,” Renee said softly. And we sat there, supporting each other as heartbroken friends do.

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