Scarlett dropped me off home after many more laughs and a whole bunch of assertion that we were both hot and deserved to be loved by amazing men.
But the difference between laughing with a friend and going home to my silent house and feeling the same confidence was startling.
I walked through my home and picked up, collecting toys, dishes from the counter, and mail I’d thrown on the table. The little bit of a buzz I had drifted as I cleaned until I was stone cold sober.
I double checked the front door then headed to my room, pausing at Kyle’s room. I tugged my phone out of my pocket and saw I’d missed a text from Alvin. I opened it up and smiled at Kyle’s grinning face. The text let me know Kyle was saying good night…three hours earlier.
“Damn.”
I thought about texting back, but it wa
