Chapter 18
In Sam’s car I let loose the tears. Drew got them started and I couldn’t keep them in any longer with Sam looking at me like she knew what happened. She drove silently and let me cry.
After a few minutes Sam said, “I called Claire and Addi. We’re going to have a girls’ night at Claire’s.”
I nodded. “I need to get my car. It’s parked at Xander’s. I’ll follow you from there.”
“You don’t want to get it later?”
I shook my head. “No, I want to get it now. I can’t see him. I just want to forget he ever existed.”
Sam nodded once, then focused on the road. When we got to Xander’s I looked up at his house and said goodbye, letting go of everything. I got in my car and followed Sam to Claire’s apartment.
Inside Claire and Addi were waiting for us. Claire handed me a glass of wine w
