Chapter 259

“Yeah, right…. Shower him with love and smack him in the face for putting me through all this and stupidly getting himself caught in this fog. Does he have any idea what an idiot that makes him?” Her sass pushes through the tears, the outrage that he abandoned her, and I giggle at her turn in mood. She’s still quietly sniffling, but the lightness of her words has me squeezing her tight as Meds composes herself at an impressive speed and shows me that tough lady I met so many months ago. “Tell me about it. I owe Colton a strangling for this one.” I smile, but it doesn’t reach my heart. Talking this way is helping, though, like it's temporary and just a blip we will fix. That it’s not serious, and they are out there intentionally giving us a hard time like naughty boys looking for attention. Meadow seems to find strength from somewhere and straightens up, pushing her shoulders back, lifting her chin, and wiping her face clean of the tears. “Right, this time, I mean it. Bed, Chica. You ha