Chapter 19
I woke up the next morning and showered and dressed quickly, thankful I’d packed an extra outfit for the cookout from hell. I ate a bowl of cereal in Claire’s kitchen with everyone. The tension in the room could be cut with a knife, or maybe a sword. It was clear they didn’t know what to say to me.
“Thanks for trying to help last night guys. It means a lot to have such great friends.”
“We’re always here for you. You know that,” Claire said.
“Yep, no matter what,” Sam added.
“I’m sorry if I upset you. I wish things had worked out for you. You’re such an amazing woman and you deserve to be happy. We all do,” Addi said.
“You’re right. For now, we can be happy together. If one of us finds someone we’ll all do our work to make sure whoever it is has a good guy.”
I smiled and s
