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prevent us from leaving for Vermont the next day. More time home meant more time trying to patch things up with Rafe.
    “I think it’s a good thing you’re leaving tomorrow,” Rafe said.
    “What?” Shocked, I felt tears forming, but I blinked hard to keep them from falling.
    Now he turned to face me, and I saw the pain in his green eyes. “Yeah. We’re both angry right now, so some time apart will probably be good. I’ll see you when you get back and then we’ll talk, all right?” He shrugged. “Have a good trip, Gabi.”
    This was a nightmare. A freaking nightmare I was hopefully going to wake up from soon because this was not my boyfriend talking right now. Rafe wouldn’t just brush me off like that. He wouldn’t.
    Or maybe he would. He turned the key in the ignition and gave me a very pointed look. Flushing, I fumbled for the door handle, suddenly anxious to get out of the car as quickly as possible. Without another word, I exited and ran to my front door, hurt and dejected, the tears already falling.

    Chapter Six
     
    An hour and a shower later, Chloe came down the stairs to find me in the front sitting room, wrapped up in blankets on the couch and halfway through a container of mint chocolate chip ice cream. I was trying to decide between throwing myself out my bedroom window or standing outside in the storm and freezing to death. With the way I was feeling, both options were pretty appealing.
    “Why are you home?” Chloe asked, plopping down on the couch next to me. She swiped the container of ice cream and my spoon and dug in. “Aren’t you supposed to be on a date with Rafe? I figured you wouldn’t be home until at least midnight.”
    I shrugged, too tired to even speak.
    Chloe froze with the spoon halfway to her mouth. “Oh my god, did you two get into a fight?” When I didn’t answer, she leaned forward, her brown eyes wide. “You did, didn’t you? How is that even possible ? He does everything you say—what more could you want in a boyfriend?”
    How about a boyfriend who didn’t go crazy the moment he thought my life was in danger? I couldn’t exactly tell Chloe that, since the demon stuff was a BIG SECRET. Even after she had been kidnapped by Davenport, Evan had worked his magic to make her forget everything. To this day, she believed the bruises and scratches she had suffered were the result of an accidental trip down the stairs after drinking too much in retaliation for Dad grounding her. I hated lying to Chloe, but it was much better than having her remember everything from that horrific night. And, somehow, her new memories had calmed her down. She was no longer going out Friday and Saturday nights, getting wasted and expecting me to cover for her. And she stopped obsessing about disgusting Christian Thompson! I would take that any day of the week. He was not worth her attention at all. The look on his face when he realized both Harkins sisters couldn’t care less about him was priceless. Definitely one of my top ten all-time favorite moments.
                  I sighed, pulling the blanket up to my chin. “I don’t know what happened, Chloe. One moment everything was perfect, and the next—”
    And the next, Evan showed up. But I couldn’t exactly say that, either. Chloe was over her Evan-crush as well, but he was still a sore topic between the two of us. The less we talked about him, the better (really, the less anyone talked about Evan, the better).
    I grabbed the carton of ice cream back. “The next moment we were fighting and I don’t even know what the hell happened, Chloe.” I looked at her, my stupid eyes brimming with tears again. “He said it’s a good thing I’m going away because we need some time apart.” I threw my hands in the air. “We just started dating! Why would we need time apart?” Slumping in my seat, I blew out a long breath. “I think we just broke up.”
    “Uh, no you didn’t,” Chloe said, giving me a strange look. “If you had