#Chapter 12: Old Ghosts, New Opportunities

I stood in front of the apartment that Ryan and I used to share.

“Well?” Nathan asked. “Are you gonna go in and confront this jerk or should I?”

I shook my head and swallowed. “It’s okay. I’ll go.”

With my heart in my throat, I walked up the front steps to the building and rang the doorbell. I waited for a couple of minutes, but there was no answer. I decided to ring it again… And again…

“Olivia? Is that you?” a familiar female voice called. I looked over to see my elderly neighbor, Susan, standing in her doorway with a puzzled expression on her face. “What are you doing here?”

“I’m looking for Ryan,” I said. “I need to… talk to him. Have you seen him?”

Susan gave me an even more puzzled expression. “Dear, he moved out. I thought you two broke up. Did he not tell you?”

I shook my head. “No, he didn’t.”

“Well… What did you need to talk to him about?” she asked.

I didn’t want to tell her the truth, so I just shook my head again and made up a lie as I made my way back down the steps towa