Until Willow by Aurora Rose Reynolds

Author:Aurora Rose Reynolds
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Aurora Rose Reynolds
Published: 2022-11-22T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

Clay

WITH WILLOW SITTING across from me, I watch her as she talks on the phone to her roommate, and listen as she fills her in on what happened with Carly. From what I’ve gathered listening to her side of the conversation, her roommate is out of town and, up until a few minutes ago, she had no idea that anything was even going on with Carly. And now Willow’s filling her in which doesn’t seem to be going over well.

“Sorry,” she mouths to me.

I lift my chin then watch her rub her forehead as she continues talking.

“You’re right, I should have told you, but I didn’t want you worried. I know you’re already stressed, dealing with your parents.” Willow meets my gaze and then closes her eyes. “You’re right, sorry.” She rubs her lips together then drops her eyes to the table. “I promise I’ll keep you filled in on what’s going on. Right now they don’t know much. Okay.” She lets out a long breath. “Okay, and let me know if you need me to come rescue you and I’ll be on the next flight.” Her gaze meets mine once more and she bites her bottom lip before whispering. “I’ll let him know—Love you, too. Bye.” She hangs up and places her cell phone on the table next to her drink.

“What are you supposed to let me know?” I ask.

The worried look on her face slides away. “That Leah will hurt you if something happens to me.”

“Should I be scared?”

“She’s a doctor with access to lots of drugs, so probably.” She shrugs.

I smile. “You hadn’t told her about Carly?”

“No.” She picks up the diet coke she ordered when we sat down and takes a sip. “She is in Florida with her mom and dad who just moved there. Her mom is a lot on a good day, and I didn’t really want to worry her with this when I wasn’t sure my imagination wasn’t being overactive. I was going to call and tell her about things this afternoon when I had lunch, but I only had a couple minutes between clients so there wasn’t really time to explain things properly. This is the first time I really had to talk to her.”

“Have you told your dad?” I ask only because it’s obvious this is something he would want to know.

“My parents and siblings are on an Alaskan cruise right now. I sent him a text but I’m not sure when he’ll get it because service on the boat is non-existent.”

“You didn’t want to go with them?”

“I wasn’t invited.” She laughs. “I should have clarified that it’s a cruise with my parents and my married siblings and their kids. I haven’t joined that cool club yet.”

“Do you want to?” I pick up my drink.

“What? Get married and have kids?” She fiddles with her straw.

“Yeah.”

“Eventually.” She looks across the restaurant then she quickly looks down and mumbles something under her breath before grabbing her bag from the seat next to her and starts digging in it.

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