Chapter35

#Chapter35

I make my way to the shop with one of my melting sunset shirts on, hoping that if I wear it, I'll feel like I still belong there, that I never left and that everything is the same. It's only been a few days since I quit, I doubt Sally has replaced me. I think seeing a different girl behind the counter, seeing her look at Brandon with her chin in her hand might break me. I'm sure any girl would love to work with him, and the thought of it makes my heart race, bringing me to mindlessly contemplate if Brandon would then fall in love with the new girl, forgetting about me.

I peek through the small window on the side of the building before reluctantly going inside, seeing no new girl managing the register. When I walk through the open doors, my insides settle at the site of an empty lifeguard chair up front. A new girl could have easily taken my spot there, the spot I took from Hannah—the girl I oddly named.