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you need to go back.”
    “I can’t. I’m too damaged to fix whatever there was between us. He’s better off without me.”
    Her eyebrows drew together, and she tilted her head. “What is going on with you? You’ve never acted like this before.”
    I looked away from her and tears gathered in my eyes. Time to change the subject. “I met someone at a bar in Vegas.”
    “What?” she asked in disbelief.
    “His name was Rhys.” She stared at me. “I couldn’t sleep with him. He would have been perfect to move on from Stephen, but I couldn’t do it. The ridiculous part is that I had a real connection with him, but it would just make me feel worse about everything.”
    “Have you talked to him since Vegas?”
    "No, but I found his number in my phone. He must have put it in when I went to the bathroom."
    Emmy pushed her long blonde hair over her shoulder. “Wow. I don’t even know what to say to that.”
    “Join the club.”
    “Do you want to see Rhys again?”
    "No." I paused. "Maybe. I don’t fucking know. He’s hot as hell and he could make your knees weak with one kiss, but I’m nowhere near ready to try another relationship. Fuck, before Stephen I didn't do relationships, besides I didn’t even talk to him before I left.”
    “Don’t you think that’s important?”
    “Yeah, but I’m a chicken, so I just left. I didn’t want to explain why I’m such a pussy.”
    “Just promise me you'll think about going back.”
    Luke and Alexis came up to the table, relieving me from the painful conversation. Luckily, Lexi wanted to talk about Adam, the guy she was trying to hook Emmy up with. I nodded at all the appropriate times and laughed at all the jokes, but I was preoccupied. Lexi only shot me a few dirty looks. Really, I couldn't blame her though. I broke her brother's heart. It was only fair she hated me.

I opened the door to Violet’s house with my key and quietly went inside. It was late, so I didn’t want to wake anyone up. My plan was to go sleep in my old room and talk to everyone in the morning, but as I turned to go to the guest room Violet turned the corner. She wrapped me up in a hug so hard that it made it hard for me to breathe.
    “Thank goodness you’re home. I’ve missed you.”
    “I’ve missed you too.”
    "Did I wake you up?"
    "No, Harper just went back to sleep and I heard you coming in. Do you want to talk about it?”
    I shook my head and thank goodness she didn’t push. My big sister had always let me tell her things on my own time and I was grateful this wasn’t any different.
    “Did you go to your house or did you come here without even stopping there?” I stared at her and she held her hands up in defense. “I’m just asking.”
    “I don’t think that will go over very well to show up there out of the blue.”
    “He might be happy to know you’re still alive.”
    “Cut the crap, you’ve told him I’m fine. The calls from him stopped as soon as I talked to you.”
    “Taylor, you disappeared for two weeks. He’s freaking out wondering what the fuck is going on with you.”
    “He knows what my issues are. This is my normal, remember?”
    She sighed. “I would love to continue this conversation, but it’s three in the morning and I’m exhausted. Harper is teething and we’ve been up half the night. I’m ready to go lie down, not fight over if you need to go talk to Stephen or not.”
    I pulled her into a hug. “Thank you.”
    “Love you, little sister.”
    “Love you too. See you in the morning.”
    I picked my bag up and made my way back to my room. At least one awkward greeting was out of the way, but all I could think of was how bad it would be when I saw Stephen for the first time. Moving to California had been hard enough; this would be a million times harder.
    There was no way I could go to sleep now. I changed into yoga pants and pulled out my laptop. At least if I couldn’t sleep I would get some work done.
     

     
    I stared up at the beautiful