When Rachel returned, she asked Autumn how everything had gone, and she said it was fine. Something told her not to mention anything about what had happened with Michael. For one thing, the whole encounter just felt weird. Also, even though Autumn could tell he was angry with Lacey, she didn’t know whether that kind of hearsay would be enough to split the two of them apart, and she didn’t want to get Rachel’s hopes up over nothing.
Tobias came over for dinner that night, which turned out to be smoked chicken enchiladas and some of the best homemade refried beans Autumn had ever eaten. It was probably a good thing that she had to go up and down the stairs so many times each day, or she knew she’d probably pack on the pounds if she stayed at Rachel’s house for any length of time.
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