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Chapter Eight

“We need to talk,” Lucy says.
She’s sitting on the couch, mascara strea ked down her cheek s.
Oh, shi t.
I drop my purse and rush over to her. As soon as I sit down nex t to

her, she starts crying .
“Wha t’s wrong ? Did Alex brea k up with you?”
She starts sha king her hea d and then I rea lly start frea king out.
Pleas e do n’t say can cer. I grab her ha nd, and tha t’s when I see it. “Lucy!
You’re eng aged ?”

She no ds. “I’m sorr y. I kno w we still ha ve six mont hs lef t on the
lea se, but he want s me to move in with hi m.”
I stare at her for a minu te. Is that why she ’s cr ying? Be cau se she wan ts
out of he r leas e? She rea ches for a tissue and starts dabbing at her ey es .
“I feel awful, Lily. You’re going to be all alone. I’m moving and you
won’t ha ve an yone.”
Wha t the . . .

“Lucy? Um . . . I’ll be fine. I promise. ”
She looks up at me with ho pe in her ex pres sion. “Rea lly?”
Why in the world do es she hav e thi s impression of me? I no d again. “Yes .
I’m no t mad, I’m ha ppy for you.”
She thro ws her arms around me and hu gs me. “Oh, tha nk you,
Lily!” She starts giggling in bet ween bouts of tea rs. When she rel ea ses

me, she jumps up and says, “I ha ve to go tel l Alex ! He was so worri ed
you wouldn’t let me out of my lea se! ” She grabs her purse and sho es
and disappea rs out the front door.
I lie back on the couch and stare up at the cei ling . Did she just play
me?
I start laughi ng, bec ause until thi s moment , I ha d no idea ho w
much I’ve been waiting for thi s to ha ppen. The who le plac e to myself!