The Checklist by Addie Woolridge

Author:Addie Woolridge [Woolridge, Addie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781542029278
Google: BEf_zQEACAAJ
Amazon: B08KG4HPD6
Goodreads: 57589437
Publisher: Montlake
Published: 2021-06-01T23:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWELVE

“What did I even do?” Dylan asked Milo, a cup of coffee tucked into her lap. The massive dog wasn’t adding a lot to the conversation, but he was taking up most of her twin bed, so there was that. Reaching out her foot to give the dog a tummy rub, she looked out the window. The skies were getting rough, and a big rain was headed her way, echoing the maelstrom in her head.

“The thing is, dog, I’m not upset about this. Maybe I’m numb right now?”

Milo moved a little to the left, seeking a better scratch.

When she’d gotten home, Dylan had immediately gone to her room, and for the first time in her life, her family had given her the blessed gift of privacy. Probably because they were still talking about the morning’s incident and didn’t feel they needed her opinion on the proceedings. Bernice had brought her a cup of coffee and a granite hug, but other than that she was on her own to work through the end of her relationship.

She had expected waterworks and the big pitiful moments that had characterized her college breakups. When Dylan was younger and she and a boyfriend had gotten in a fight, she would find her baggiest, saggiest pair of sweatpants and wallow in her sense of loss until a friend forced her to get glammed up and go out or the threat of poor grades had dragged her to class. Instead, she’d spent the better part of the last few hours staring into space, alternating between rage at having spent so much time with someone who couldn’t find it in himself to even feign decency and the desire to try to work it out. Dylan looked over at her phone. Nicolas was probably just going through airport security. She could catch him before he got on the plane, and they could try to find a way forward.

A way forward that didn’t include her family. Dylan cringed. Her family wasn’t perfect, but if today proved anything, it was that they were there for her, in their own weird way. Any other family in the country would have been ashamed of a child defacing a flower bed to get away from an angry ex. Her parents were delighted by it. They were proud of anything she did that went against the social grain. And while Dylan couldn’t say that she understood the pride that came with watching your child deface public beautification efforts, she was grateful for it just the same.

But Nicolas had good traits. He was circumstantially funny, and he always organized their bathroom without her ever having to mention it. He made dinner reservations so they didn’t waste time waiting in unnecessary lines. It wasn’t like she had spent the last few years with a monster. At least she didn’t think she had.

“He’s on the board of the local youth center, for goodness’ sake! It isn’t like he’s evil,” Dylan said to the dog, who again shifted a little more to the left, causing her to pause midrant.

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