Contents (126)
- The Meeting Point
- Olivia Lara
- Contents
- One
- Two
- Three
- Four
- Five
- Six
- Seven
- Eight
- Nine
- Ten
- Eleven
- Twelve
- Thirteen
- A YEAR LATER
- Fourteen
- Fifteen
- June 2
- Sixteen
- Seventeen
- Eighteen
- Nineteen
- Twenty
- Twenty-One
- Twenty-Two
- Twenty-Three
- June 3
- Twenty-Four
- Twenty-Five
- June 4
- Twenty-Six
- Twenty-Seven
- Twenty-Eight
- Help Wanted: Seasonal employment, June–August
- Twenty-Nine
- Thirty
- Thirty-One
- June 5
- Thirty-Two
- Thirty-Three
- June 6
- Thirty-Four
- Thirty-Five
- June 7
- Thirty-Six
- Thirty-Seven
- Thirty-Eight
- Thirty-Nine
- June 8
- Forty
- Forty-One
- June 9
- Forty-Two
- Forty-Three
- Forty-Four
- Forty-Five
- Forty-Six
- Forty-Seven
- Forty-Eight
- Forty-Nine
- Fifty
- Fifty-One
- June After Midnight: By Ethan Delphy
- Chapter 15
- Fifty-Two
- June After Midnight
- Chapter 20
- Fifty-Three
- June After Midnight
- Chapter 21
- June After Midnight
- Chapter 22
- Fifty-Four
- June After Midnight
- Chapter 28
- Fifty-Five
- June After Midnight
- Chapter 29
- June After Midnight
- Chapter 30
- Fifty-Six
- Fifty-Seven
- June 11
- Fifty-Eight
- Fifty-Nine
- Sixty
- Sixty-One
- Sixty-Two
- June 12
- Sixty-Three
- Sixty-Four
- Sixty-Five
- June 13
- Sixty-Six
- Sixty-Seven
- Sixty-Eight
- Sixty-Nine
- June 14
- Seventy
- Seventy-One
- Seventy-Two
- Seventy-Three
- Seventy-Four
- June 15
- Seventy-Five
- Seventy-Six
- Seventy-Seven
- Seventy-Eight
- Seventy-Nine
- Eighty
- Eighty-One
- June 16
- Eighty-Two
- Eighty-Three
- Eighty-Four
- Eighty-Five
- June After Midnight
- Chapter 28 (Draft 1 Version)
- Eighty-Six
- Eighty-Seven
- Eighty-Eight
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author
- Also by Olivia Lara
Maya moves a bit, and in a panic, I rush away from her and to my meeting point with Daniel—I don’t want to call him her boyfriend because I’m still holding on to the hope.
He calls again; he’ll be here in fifteen minutes. As I sit on the sidewalk waiting, I realize what I’m about to do. I didn’t realize it was going to be this hard. The worst idea I’ve ever had. I delete all my texts with Maya from his phone and check twice to make sure they’re gone.
Daniel shows up in a Lift. Of course!
“Here’s your phone,” I say and hand it to him.
“Thanks, man. This is for your trouble,” he says and hands me a twenty.
I don’t take it. “Thanks, it’s fine.”
“No, no. Take it.”
“I said it’s fine,” I say and push his hand away.
He puts his phone to his ear and listens to something. “Damn, I hate surprises. My woman is here. Did she call when you had my phone?”
I stare. I don’t want to be anywhere near this guy. He makes my stomach turn. I’m about to turn around and leave but this is irking me. “Why string her along?”
“Come on, man. You sound like my mother. You know what I always tell her?”
This should be good.
“Why choose when you can have both? Or all three?” he says and winks and I’m this close to punching him in the face.
“It’s not OK,” I say, trying to calm down. “You should tell her the truth.”
He winks. “Why? You know what they say. What you don’t know can’t hurt you, right?”
“I don’t know who says that.”
“What’s it to you anyway?”
“I just think she deserves better.”
“Pffft. You don’t even know her. Or me. Mind your own!”
He mutters something under his breath and gets back in the car. What an ass.
June After Midnight
Chapter 30
It’s almost six o’clock and I’m going back to the beach to wait for her.
I have a bad feeling about Daniel. He’ll call her for sure. What if he tells her he didn’t do anything? Will she take him back? Why would she trust me? If he says he wasn’t with someone else, she has no reason to doubt, except for what I told her.
What did I get myself into? I should’ve known better; I’m not a child. This stupid thing I did backfired and now I’m paying the price.
It’s five minutes before six and I see her coming down Scenic Road and my heart is in my throat. I’m at one end of the street and she’s at the other and we’re both walking, not toward each other, but toward the bench.
She didn’t leave. And more importantly, she didn’t leave with him. She’s still here and she’s coming to meet me. I wished for it to happen, but I still can’t believe it. I feel like pinching myself.