Chapter 18
For the next week, Shay went through the motions every day, trying not to think about Matt. After she left her parents’, she went to find him, but he was gone. Nowhere to be found. She walked the streets for hours. Waited at the car garage until morning. He didn’t answer her calls, and by the time she got back to Red Maple Falls, and made two failed attempts to see him, she accepted what they had was over, and the only person she had to blame was herself.
Every time the bell above the door rang, her heart jumped and she looked up with hope only to be disappointed. She faked a smile for her customers, but even a smile couldn’t cover up the fact that she was completely and utterly miserable.
“How you doing, boss?” Louise asked, nudging Shay with her shoulder.
“Been better.”
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