Страница 22 из 41
I didn’t have to work on Friday, so I slept as late as humanly possible, hoping by the time I got up my mom and Gray would be out at some farmers’ market or art show or something. When I finally made myself sit up, I slid my phone off the bedside table and checked the texts. It was still there. The text from Jake. So I hadn’t imagined it.I rly am sry. Just wanted u 2 kno. Friends?I had yet to reply. Did he really want to be friends? Was that even possible? Did it even matter?I groaned and pulled a hoodie on over my tank top and shorts, then shoved the phone into the pocket. As I trudged downstairs, I realized I was out of luck in hoping my mother wasn’t home. I heard her laugh mix with someone else’s and closed my eyes. My head felt so heavy I thought it was going to drop off and roll across the floor. Sometimes sleeping late just makes me feel more tired than usual. What was up with that?At the bottom of the stairs, I stopped in my tracks. Sha