If I Forget You by Michelle D. Argyle

Author:Michelle D. Argyle [Argyle, Michelle D.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction
Publisher: MDA Books
Published: 2014-05-01T04:00:00+00:00

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It was Halloween before Avery saw Ryan again. Since he’d hooked up with Tam, Avery had thought she would see him constantly. But Tam hoarded him like a trophy she wanted to keep away from everyone, boasting about him almost every second she and Avery managed to get together—which wasn’t nearly as much as before he’d come along.

Avery wasn’t resentful. She was truly happy for Tam, and listened for hours as Tam told her about their latest date or make-out session or whatever new thing she had learned about him. Avery was pretty sure she knew him better now than he’d appreciate, but that was what best friends were for. She played the part. She was glad things had gone back to normal, so to speak.

When he showed up on her front porch dressed as Indiana Jones, she hardly batted an eye. Tam had told her how much he loved the Indiana Jones movies and how she’d had to sit through them twice now.

“Nice fedora,” she smirked as she opened the screen door and held out a bowl of candy.

He looked down at the bowl and snatched a fun-size candy bar from the middle. “I think it makes me look classic. What do you think?” He pushed on the brim with his knuckle until the hat sat angled on his head. He did look classic. She still liked his crooked nose, and the scruff on his face went well with the costume.

“You look great, Ryan,” she said as he tore open the candy bar and took a bite. She was proud of herself for keeping his name straight in her head, not that she could have possibly forgotten with Tam’s constant chatter about him.

“You look great, too,” he said, smiling at her ratty pair of sweats and baggy Kermit the Frog T-shirt. “Going for bored housewife, maybe?”

“Should I be offended by that question?” She set down the bowl and leaned against the door to keep it open.

“Nah, I’m kidding, of course.” His confident smile faltered for a moment. “So, uh, I’m not here for free candy. I actually stopped by because your mom called me last week and asked me to pick up a pair of earrings my mom left here the night of our dinner. I’m heading out to California this weekend to see her and Victor.”

Avery thought for a second, searching her brain. Had her mom told her about that? She was on a short book tour with the author of a book she’d illustrated and wouldn’t be home for three days. Or four days, Avery couldn’t remember exactly.

She stared stupidly at Ryan. Where would her mother leave a pair of earrings?

“Didn’t she tell you?” Ryan asked.

“She might have mentioned it, but I don’t know where they are. You want to come in and help me find them?”

Pulling out his phone, he checked the time. “Yeah, I don’t have to be anywhere for thirty minutes. I’m meeting Tam at a party down the road.”

“Okay, come in.”

He

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