Chapter 7
Before I knew it, I had only a few days left before it would be time to return home. I couldn’t help being pretty amused at myself, considering when I had arrived, I had wanted to turn around and go home. Now faced with saying good-bye to Emily and her family, it seemed to have come all too soon.
Ah, hell, who was I kidding? I would miss Em, Hank, and the kids, but it was Theo I didn’t want to say good-bye to. I was afraid I was falling in love with him. And this time it would be far more than a teenage crush.
Alex had a soccer game, and we were at the park where they would start to play in a few minutes. I expected Theo to join us, so I was on the lookout. From my perch in a lawn chair, properly covered by a floppy straw hat, both of which I’d borrowed from Em, I kept searchi
