Chapter 42

• Every cell in me had been desperate to call Toby, and I had already begun to press the button when I hesitated. I would be disappointing all my girls if I was the first person to break.
• He had left first, and I could never throw away my shame just because I was missing him. This isn’t the first time he has been away; I was sure that I could brave this storm.
• I have already lived 24 years of my life without him; surely I could do more. It was in that same vein I decided to call Ariel; she could be a great distraction from the chaos in my head, and it has been long since we last talked.