Chapter Seventeen
Jake
Walking away from her at the airport was one of the hardest things I’d ever done, and I almost missed my flight from stealing one last kiss after kiss.
We made a pact to talk on the phone every Sunday, with one week being my turn and hers being the other to split the costs.
Leaving my keys with the realtor for the new owners was a more emotional thing than I expected. The Midcentury house held a lot of good family memories, but it had taken on more meaning of late. Without a place to stay when I visited, without a home…it didn’t seem right for strangers to hear the Lawsons in the backyard or some kid to have my room.
They could even all become friends and Mum and I would be replaced.
It was the Lindsey house for fifteen years—what if the new people wanted to ch
