By the Book by Jasmine Guillory

Author:Jasmine Guillory [Guillory, Jasmine]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Hyperion Avenue
Published: 2022-05-03T00:00:00+00:00

Izzy got out of the car to wait for Priya.

Yay! I’m here! See you soon!

She couldn’t believe she was going to see Priya. Suddenly, the thought of seeing someone from New York, from her real life, almost overwhelmed her. She’d been in this tiny, almost dreamlike bubble in California, with Beau, for the past three weeks. It felt strange that someone else, even someone as great as Priya, would intrude on that.

She only had just over a week left in the month Marta had given her. Beau was on track, she thought, to finish his memoir, at least eventually. It wasn’t as scary to him anymore, she didn’t think. But…she hadn’t quite told him the whole truth the day before. She had been holding out on him. Everything he’d written so far was good, but it was all missing something. If he’d written about whatever had made him leave LA and come to this house in Santa Barbara and disappear from the rest of the world, he hadn’t shared it with her. In fact, she was pretty sure he hadn’t put it down on paper yet. It was clear he was leading up to something big, but it was vague, only hinted at. Izzy had found herself getting impatient as the days went on, waiting for him to get there. She hadn’t pushed him on it, not yet, but she knew she had to in the next week before she left. She wasn’t looking forward to that.

“Izzy!!!!!”

She looked up, and Priya was running toward her, rolling suitcase in one hand and her long black hair flying behind her.

“Priya!”

Priya almost smothered Izzy with her hug, but Izzy didn’t care.

“Ahhh, it’s so good to see you,” Priya said, when they finally let go of each other.

“It’s so good to see you, too,” Izzy said. “I feel like it’s been forever.”

She popped the trunk of the car and reached for Priya’s suitcase.

“I can’t believe you packed everything for the wedding in this suitcase.”

Priya laughed. “I didn’t. This is only like half of it. My mom has the rest.” She held up a hand. “Wait: Where did this car come from? When you said you’d pick me up at the airport, I thought you meant you’d just take an Uber or something and meet me here.”

“Oh.” Izzy must not have told her this part. “This is Beau’s car.”

Priya’s eyes widened. “This is HIS car? Okay, yet ANOTHER thing we’re going to have to talk about.”

Izzy rolled her eyes and went around to the driver side. “Oh, stop that. It’s no big deal.”

Izzy pulled Priya in for another hug as soon as they were both in the car. “I can’t believe you’re here. I’ve missed you so much!”

Priya nodded. “Yeah, yeah, I’ve missed you, too, etc., but you haven’t told me yet if you’re taking me to the HOUSE or not, and if I’m going to get to meet HIM. I’m dying here.”

Izzy started the car. She was still nervous about this.

“Yes, I’m taking you to THE HOUSE,” she said.

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