Rocker Boy by Wendy Knight

Author:Wendy Knight [Knight, Wendy]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Romance
Publisher: Six Inch Heel Press
Published: 2015-09-29T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

HARLI WAS SIX HOURS AWAY BY the time the panic faded, and she could think like a rational, somewhat intelligent human being. At least, until she thought about the whole situation again and started sobbing — not just one or two half-hearted sobs, but sobbing so hard she had to pull over because the shattered pieces of her heart were attempting to strangle her.

"Harli… You're a freaking nut job," she told the rearview mirror as she attempted to rub off the streaks of mascara leftover from the night before. Her reflection stared back at her — pale cheeks and eyes dark with the remains of a killer migraine. A nasty blackish/bluish/purplish gash/bump went really well with her smeared makeup and wild hair.

And she'd stopped at two gas stations looking like this.

"Awesome," she mumbled as she dug her phone out of her purse. The battery was dead, which, to the girl who had no desire to speak to anyone, was a bonus. She was mad at Levi, and hurt, and confused, but she knew he'd be worried sick.

Levi, who seemed to feel her pain and her joy and her fears. They'd always had an almost surreal connection. Or at least, they used to.

He wanted to marry her.

He wanted to quit.

How had this happened?

She plugged her phone into the charger and shoved the charger into the outlet and then shifted into drive and waited for the phone to turn on and tell her just how angry he actually was.

It took a few minutes, but then the phone started buzzing like an enraged, super-large bee — for several long seconds. Wincing, she pulled over and checked her messages.

Yeah, he was angry.

The first several were pissed off with lots of swearing. He didn't understand why she'd run, which made sense because she didn't fully understand it, either. Just remember, Harli, I didn't walk away. You let me go. This is all you.

But the last one was different. And it hurt most of all.

I failed. I get it now. I hurt you and I'm sorry, Sunshine. I'm not coming after you. I'm letting you heal like I should have from the beginning. Please forgive me.

Yeah, it was what she wanted. Neither of them could move on if he didn't let her go. But her stupid heart still kept hoping, despite her brain's better judgment, that somehow this would work out. That somehow, Levi would find a way to keep them together.

No matter how much she tried to keep them apart.

That he would be able to tape all the pieces of her heart into place, even when she was determined to keep them broken. She was the crazy one. He was the one who soothed her insanity. He took all her issues, and he fixed them. She'd been hoping that despite all her efforts, he wouldn't let her push him away.

Instead, he'd let her go. Just like she had said she wanted.

Harli dropped her phone and pressed her fist to her mouth, trying unsuccessfully to muffle her sobs.

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