Audrey stood close to Carson and hugged his back. She felt guilty having a hand in Carson’s failed relationship. She wished she hadn’t pushed, but all she wanted was for her best friend to settle down and be happy- with anyone else but Gwen.
Carson unclamped her hold on his waist and turning to face her asked, “Are you okay?”
“I should be asking you that,” she whispered, looking up at him under her multicolored bangs, “I just don’t understand why she did that to you.”
Carson hid his own pain behind a chuckle. He was never known as a man to be broken by a woman or a brooder and he was going to keep it that way, “It’s okay. She has her own issues to sort out first. Then we’ll see if this relationship is worth continuing.”
Audrey groaned then dropped her head on to his chest, “You’ve nev
