Chapter 57 : Back Home

*Shelby*

“Oh, my God! Look at you,” Lin shouted as I walked through the front door. “You are so tan!”

She squealed as she pulled me into a huge hug. I wrapped my arms around her and squeezed her back.

“I missed you, Lin,” I said.

“I missed you too. The apartment has felt so empty without you here,” she said, finally letting me out of the hug.

“I bet; how long do you have until you have to leave to go see your family? I was worried that I wouldn’t catch you before you left,” I said, pulling my suitcase, which I’d abandoned in the hallway, into the apartment and shutting the door.

“I decided to put that off for a few more days so I could spend some time with you before I go home,” Lin said, turning away from me and heading toward our living room. I knew she had done this on purpose to avoid looking me in the eye.