Chapter55

#Chapter55

Lauren looks up from her phone. /"I don't know who's it was. All I know is that Preston makes me happy, and right now I could use some happiness./"

We walk together to Jonas' after he fails to answer Lauren's text and her follow-up phone call. When we get there, his car is parked in the driveway, so I ring the doorbell.

/"Do you think he's with someone?/" Lauren asks.

/"I don't think so. He stopped seeing Presley a while ago./"

/"I'm going to look around back,/" she says, leaving me and making her way around the house.

I hang out at the front door for a few moments until I hear Lauren call my name. When I follow her steps and get into the backyard, I find her standing at the edge of the pool, looking down at Jonas as he floats around on a raft. Drink in hand; he looks quite relaxed.

/"You feeling okay?/" He asks Lauren. /"I wish you told me you were going today. I would have come to see you or—/"