“I can’t believe Chase broke up with you,” Mom says.
“Yeah.”
“And after you bought your plane ticket.”
“Yeah.”
Mom sighs. “Hopefully you’ll give more than one-word answers soon.”
“Maybe.”
“Amber,” she growls.
“Mom, I don’t want to talk about it.”
“I get it, but eventually, you’ll need to get it out. Did he at least offer to pay you back for the plane ticket?”
“I didn’t ask. I was too busy slamming the door in his face.”
“Did he at least tell you why he was breaking up with you?”
I look over at Jordan, who’s pretending not to listen to our conversation as he taps on his tablet. I’m glad he didn’t tell Mom what we talked about.
“He wants to sew his oats, or whatever,” I say.
“What?”
“Mom, it’s no big deal. He obviously wasn’t the right guy for me.”
“If it’s that simple, why ha
