Chapter 19

Denise’s POV

It had been two days. I was confused. Not with my feelings. No. Those ones were pretty clear to me. I was confused about how much I could miss someone. And it had just been two days.

Fabian had called me. He had texted. So, it wasn’t like we were completely separated from each other. But I felt guilty. So guilty. I hadn’t told him I had met Cory. I hadn’t told him much at all.

I took in a deep breath and picked up my phone. As soon as I was about to call Fabian, he called. The smile on my face was so wide it almost split my face open.

“Hello,” I said breathlessly. I couldn’t help but be excited. Fabian had called me!

“Denise?” he asked as if to confirm it was really me.

“Fabian?” I also asked, holding my breath. This was stupid, but my heart was pit pattering so hard in my chest.

He chuckled, and I found myself beaming for no reason at all. “How are you?” he asked, and I sighed.

I wanted to give him the truthful version: I