CHAPTER 12 MIAAfter I thanked James and nearly cried my eyes out for how happy and grateful I was that Mom had someone like him in her life, Serena drove us back to her place for a last-minute bachelorette party. Michael had said he didn’t want a bachelor party, that he’d already experienced that once in his life and he didn’t need to do it again. As far as I knew, he was going out with a couple guys from work tonight, like he did occasionally for a beer. We sat on the couch, watching movies and drinking lemonade. I might’ve dropped a couple slices of an orange into the drink, satisfying all my cravings. I lay back on the couch and smiled to myself. Everything seemed as if it was getting back to normal. This was how it had been before Melissa found out I f****d her dad and I found out s

