It felt like an eternity had passed before the time finally came for Monica to arrive. I didn’t know why it had taken them so long to get here—but then again, maybe it hadn’t taken them long at all, and I merely didn’t have any way of keeping track of the time, and that was why I felt the way that I did about what was going on. It was definitely a possibility.
Monica hadn’t yet seen me, and from where Austin and I were sitting, I doubted that she and Colin could see either of us. I took a deep breath, telling myself that I had nothing to worry about. They would look for us, and they would come and sit by us. After all, they needed to put up a united front, regardless of what was going on. It was the only way they would be able to keep the press from badmouthing them—which was something t
