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"Stay away from Jamie. Stay away from Rosie. Stay away from me."
I turned and walked out.
I made it to the truck before my hands started shaking. I sat behind the wheel and put both hands flat on it and tried to breathe.
Jamie.
Jamie had asked me to leave.
CHAPTER 29
Jamie
That's Sam, isn't it? He's not a confrontational kind of guy.
Amber's voice had been replaying inside my head for four days.
I couldn't live with myself if I let him humiliate you the same way Bryce did.
I gripped the cup a little tighter.
He's playing you, Jamie. And I thought you ought to know so you can make an informed decision about whether you really want to be with Sam Reeves.
What was hard was that Amber hadn't lied. Or at least, I didn't know what was a lie and what wasn't. Which made it impossible to tell what was the truth.
Havensworth doesn't like outsiders telling them what's broken. And you've been gone a long time.
He discouraged me.
You need to give him a minute to figure out what kind of man he wants to be.
If you won't believe me, ask him.
Maybe that's why he couldn't tell you up front. Because he feels guilty.
Megan set a plate of toast down in front of me.
"Eat."
"I'm not hungry."
"Eat anyway. I did not make toast for you to stare at it."
I picked up a piece and didn't take a bite.
She sat down across from me with her coffee. She watched me for a second and then she pushed the plate an inch closer with two fingers—which was Megan for ‘eat the damn toast.’
"When did you last sleep?"
"I sleep."
"Jamie."
"Some."
She didn't push. She got up, refilled her mug, poured one for me too without asking, and sat back down.
"Rosie asked me this morning if Sam went to be with Mommy and Daddy too."
