Page 56 of Found Time
Reid angles his screen toward me.don’t eff this up. im going to babys all right w emme tn & you are not invited, sorry
He laughs again when I show him mine. It’s a small moment, inconsequential in the grand scheme of things, but it’s like a preview into something larger. Into the future we’ll build together. The girls commiserating, Reid and me happily caught in the crosshairs. The four of us tangled up in ways that feel exhilarating and comforting at once. Like joy itself. Like coming home.
Something shifts in Reid’s expression, and the playful glint in his eye tells me he’s envisioning the same flash-forward.
Then he sighs, runs a hand over his jawline. His shoulders drop, but not in defeat—it’s like he’s finally settling something heavy he’s been carrying for a long time.
“I still have to fly back to LA tomorrow, Lil. I don’t have a choice.”
I reach for his hands, find them warm and solid.
“I know,” I say. “But we’ll find a place to land.”
