Page 99 of Perfect Enough
“I will. Take care.”
Kaylee paused momentarily before saying, “We’ll talk soon, okay?”
I knew she was worried I was saying goodbye, as if this was the last time I would speak to her. That wasn’t the case at all…I hoped. “Yes, I’ll see you soon.”
Dropping my hands to my lap, I closed my eyes and whispered, “I hope I’m doing the right thing by leaving.”
After dropping my bag into the back seat of my car, I pulled up Chloe’s number.
“Hey, how are you doing?”
The sound of her voice caused the dam to burst, and my tears fell freely.
“Not good,” I said, then sobbed. “He told me to leave, Chloe. He doesn’t want me here.”
“Oh, Soph! That’s not how he feels. Remember how you were after your father died? You wouldn’t talk to me for days.”
I wiped my nose with my hand, then snarled my lip. “Gross,” I said as I swept my hand over my jeans.
“Gross?” Chloe asked.
“Nothing, I wiped snot on my jeans.”
“Okay, well, that’s okay. Sometimes, a little snot is good for the jeans.”
I laughed and sobbed at the same time. “Are you free today?”
“I’m always free for you. I’ll meet you at your place.”
“Okay, I’m leaving Josh’s house now.”
“Before you start driving, stop crying, okay?”
I nodded even though I knew she couldn’t see me. “See you soon, Chloe.”
An hour later, Chloe walked into my apartment with two brown bags.
“What’s in the bags?” I asked, opening the door for her to come in.
“All the supplies we need.”
Confused, I asked, “Supplies for what?”
Chloe set the bags on the kitchen counter. “I call it the tool kit for when a guy makes you cry.”
“You’ve had a guy make you cry?”
She paused reaching into the first bag to look at me. “I may be a free-loving woman, but I have fallen in love once or twice. Or at least, I thought I had. Remember Joe?”
“Joe! I forgot all about Joe.”
From the first bag, Chloe took out three different flavors of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream, a bag of Doritos, a package of Oreos, and chocolate syrup. “The only man I thought I could spend the rest of my life with.”
“Chloe, you were seventeen at the time.”
“Yes, and have you ever wondered why I only sleep with guys and never give them my heart? It’s because the one man Ididcrushed it.”
My brows shot up. “I hadn’t realized you were that much in love with Joe. I can’t even remember his last name.”