I went back to that same bar. The same dim lights.The same low music, the same corner where Ethan and I stood too close and pretended it was nothing.But he wasn’t there.I tried not to look desperate when I walked up to the bartender. “Hey,” I said casually. “That guy who was here the other night. Tall, dark hair, name’s Ethan. Has he been around?”The bartender wiped a glass slowly. “Comes sometimes but he is not here tonight.”I nodded like it didn’t matter. “If he shows up,” I said, sliding a piece of paper forward, “give him this. Tell him Odell left it.”He glanced at the name. “Sure.”I walked out, hands in my pockets, jaw tight. If only I hadn’t left like that, if only my phone hadn’t buzzed.Five missed calls: My mother, Isabella, and Nicole.Nicole.Ever since she returned to my life, everything has been… complicated. If she hadn’t seen Myles and me, if she hadn’t moved in, if she would just go back to wherever she came from… Maybe I would’ve seen where things with Ethan co
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