Chapters (50)
- Cover
- Full Page Image
- Dedication
- Playlist
- Prologue
- Part One
- One
- Two
- Three
- Four
- Five
- Six
- Seven
- Eight
- Nine
- Ten
- Eleven
- Twelve
- Thirteen
- Fourteen
- Fifteen
- Sixteen
- Part Two
- Seventeen
- Eighteen
- Nineteen
- Twenty
- Twenty-One
- Twenty-Two
- Twenty-Three
- Twenty-Four
- Twenty-Five
- Twenty-Six
- Twenty-Seven
- Twenty-Eight
- Twenty-Nine
- Thirty
- Thirty-One
- Thirty-Two
- Thirty-Three
- Part Three
- Epilogue
- Acknowledgments
- Bonus Scene
- Marni’s Midnighters
- Spoiler Group
- About the Author
- Also by Marni Mann
- Sneak Peek of When Darkness Ends
- Sneak Peek of Even If It Hurts
I took a breath, dreading this moment. I’d rehearsed what I was going to say the whole flight back from California last night. I didn’t know when the right time was to bring it up, and I’d been trying to anticipate how she would react, but I just needed to face it already.
I looked at Emily and said simply, “He asked me to move in with him.”
“I know.”
“What?” I flipped onto my side and faced her. “How?”
“Because Caleb is an extremely intelligent man, and you’re the best girl in the universe, so of course he asked you. He’d be a complete moron if he didn’t.”
I laughed at her craziness. “He asked me in Napa, and I know it’s fast and a whole lot of change, but something about it feels so right.”
“Listen, sweet pea, if the bombing taught us anything, it’s that life can be tragically unpredictable, and at any moment, it can lift us as high as the clouds or blow our asses up. Besides, what’s the worst that can happen? You’ll move back in with me? I don’t think that’s so bad.”
“It’s not,” I whispered.
She moved to her side, draping her arm over mine. “Follow love. Follow happiness. That’s the advice I will always give you, and that’s exactly what you’re doing, babe. The speed you take to get there doesn’t matter, only the journey does, and so far, yours has been such a beautiful one.”
Emotion was breaking through my chest, coming out of my eyes. I reached onto her nightstand to grab some tissues, tucking one under my sleeve for backup, keeping the other close to my face.
She wiped the side I wasn’t patting. “I’ll miss these tears, my forever sobber.”
“I can’t help it. When you’re not being sassy, you can be a little on the sappy side, and your words hit me in all the places.” I finished drying and took a few deep breaths. “Also, you won’t need to miss my crying. I’m not giving up the apartment, so when our lease expires in three months, I’m renewing it with you.”
Her brows rose, her neck moving back like I’d hit her. “Have you lost your mind?”
“And I’m going to keep paying for half the utilities. This way, I can come back for girls’ nights and crash here whenever I want to and—”