Page 57 of Barron's Second Chance
"Eden, please," Barron begged. "Don't leave like this."
"Barron, it's fine," she lied. She turned and gave him a small smile. "It's all good. We've cleared the air. I just want to go home now."
God, she wished she wasn't on a diet cleanse. A pint of ice cream and some wine sounded good just about now.
Barron's shoulders dropped in defeat, his eyes weary at her cold demeanor. "I'll let you go, baby. But I'm not giving up. We're so close; I can taste it. Please don't slip away again," he begged.
Instead of responding, Eden turned and walked away.
Looks like she wasn't very good at taking her own advice after all
14
Shoot Your Shot
"Well,he'sfuckedthatup now, hasn't he?"
Eden was lying on her bed, her iPad propped up in front of her as she watched Sofia dot her face with concealer.
Her best friend was currently in New Jersey, getting ready to attend her cousin's birthday.
Eden had just finished relaying the latest episode with Barron, thankful that Sofia hadn't called her stupid for reaching out to him in the first place.
"Seems that way," she murmured, her mood sour.
It had been two days since she spoke with Barron. He had left her alone for the night, but the following day she woke to his usual good morning text, an apology and a plea to again hear him out.
She didn’t reply. What more was there to say? He had lied to her face about the women in his life. If he had just told her that he had casual sex and left it at that, then she wouldn't have cared.
Yes, it twisted her gut to think of him with other women, but he was free and single. And it wasn't like she had been celibate after they had split.
"What does that mean?" Sofia started blending in her foundation. "You going to hear him out again?"
Eden sighed. "For what purpose? I really only chatted to him to clear the air about what happened between us and to see if we could... I dunno; start up a friendship of sorts. Nothing like we used to have, just..." she pittered out, unsure how to voice her thoughts to Sofia.
"You miss the fucker," she bluntly said as she rifled through her makeup bag.
"Yeah," she admitted. She changed positions onto her belly, propping her chin on her hands as she watched Sofia get ready.
"Tell me I'm an idiot."
"You're an idiot," Sofia said bluntly. Then she stared at the screen at Eden and smirked. "But you're also human. I get it. Sometimes I miss that douche canoe, too. I mean, he was one of my besties, too, ya know?"
Barron had reached out to Sofia and Ryan to apologize for his behavior senior year. While they acknowledged his apology, they decided not to rekindle their friendship with Barron out of respect for Eden.
"You know, it's okay if you want to be friends with him again. I won't be offended."
Sofia tapped her mascara stick on her chin in mock thought.
"Well, I would like free drinks at The Homestead," she joked before unscrewing the lid on her mascara.
"So why did he lie about this Tracey chick, then? Did he say?"
Eden shook her head. "He just said that what Tracey confirmed to me was true but that it wasn't the whole story or something. He tried to explain, but by then, I was so done with the conversation that I just left."
"So are you going to hear him out...again?"
She let out a snort at Sofia's tone. "All right, you shady bitch. I know he and I seem to be starting and stopping all the time."
