Chapter 42
Ashton
There’s always been something about romance movies that I don’t like, and now, I know what it is.
Or I do, because my sister explained it to me.
The third-act breakup.
It’s when the couple has defied all the odds and looks like they’re holding hands, racing toward the finish line with happy smiles, when wham. A car comes out of nowhere and knocks them out of the race.
But they’re not really out of the race. One of them has to do something special to get them back onto the track.
I don’t know if I’ve done enough of the “grand gestures” that Fenella told me I needed to do.
I can only wait until Friday and see if Sophie shows up.
For me.
Because I’m going to be there for her, even if she doesn’t want me.
I hope she does. Because Battle Harbour is going to be unbearable without her.