“At the first sign of confrontation, she backed right down. The opportunity was right there, and instead of speaking up, she just started talking about next semester and going back to school, as if we hadn’t made all these plans. Like she hadn’t just told me she was going to change her whole life because she wanted to stay.” Like she hadn’t made love to him after in that very same room. “Suddenly staying with me is throwing away her education.”
Frowning, Ivy crossed her legs and sank back onto the sofa. “I have a really hard time imagining Laurel saying that.”
“Well, she did. She said she wasn’t going to throw away her education. That it was stupid to come this far, work this hard, and not finish what she started.”
Ivy pressed her lips together. “Well, sweetie, she’s not wrong.”
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