14
Snowballs & Avalanches
There was always a moment.
That one moment that changed everything.
Clay’s moment was named Candace.
It had been a month of radio silence. Andrea hadn’t called or texted. She hadn’t been on any social media accounts. Her life associated with him had essentially been blocked since the inauguration.
Silence was deafening.
It was needy and greedy.
It ate him up from the inside out.
It cracked him around the edges, broke down his walls, and left room for the Candaces of the world to crawl in and wreak havoc.
He had promised himself that he wasn’t going to give in. All he’d been thinking about for a f*****g month straight was Andrea. He swore, he was going to wait to hear from her. He was going to convince her to come back and make all those promises she want
