Chapter 42
CHAPTER 42
B lake rubbed his already red eyes and stared up at Lukas. He’d had the call on speakerphone, but Paige didn’t know. It was good to hear her voice, but he’d hoped Lukas would’ve been able to convince her to talk to him.
He had no idea what else to do.
Tess sat next to him and rubbed his back. “Just give her some time.”
“I don’t want to give her time. Every day that I’m away from her, it physically hurts. Right here.” He thumped his fist to his chest, which didn’t help the ache residing there.
Lukas didn’t say anything, and after a few minutes, Blake got up. “I’m going back to Hayden’s.”
He trudged out of the room and down the porch stairs. He paused at the end of the yard and sent another text to Paige.
I love you so much. Please believe me. Nothing happened with Debbie. I can’t stop thinking about you. Just let me come home. I’ll spend the rest of the year making it up to you.
It was pretty much the same text and voicemail he’d left her a hundred times already. But he didn’t know what else to say. He couldn’t live without her. She was just like Lukas, assuming the worst, though now Lukas was on his side. He hated that she thought so little of him.
That stupid post by Debbie. If she’d just take it down, maybe Paige would believe him. Blake started walking down the street and scrolled through his messages.
Debbie responded to the first three but refused to remove the post. Then she just stopped responding.
He punched the number next to her name and held the phone to his ear.
She answered after the first two rings. “Looks like you are finally over your rebound. Where are we meeting? The Keys are good. Though you do owe me a Hawaii trip.”
“Take the post down,” he growled.
She laughed, and he hated the sound. “Now why would I do that when we both know it’s just a matter of time until it’s true.”
“Because it’s not true, and it’s ruining my relationship.”
“Blake, if all it took to ruin your relationship was a misleading Facebook post, then you’ve got bigger problems than me. Why don’t you admit to yourself that she’s clearly not for you and meet me in Maui.”
He hung up the phone. This was useless.
Her words stung though. Maybe he and Paige were kidding themselves. Maybe their relationship wasn’t as strong as Blake thought.
Whatever it was, they could work through it.
He’d give her another week, and then he’d go back to town, stay with Ida and Phil, and do whatever it took to win her back.