39. Chapter Thirty-Nine
Chapter Thirty-Nine
VIOLET
I finished drying my hair and glanced at my phone again.
I hadn’t heard from Seth, and I was getting worried.
When he texted last night and said he had to head home I was confused at the suddenness of it, and a little upset at what it meant for my evening, but I knew it had to be for a good reason.
Then he texted late, saying he was at his brother’s, and everything was fine.
He explained what happened and we texted for a few minutes before saying goodnight.
But as the morning went by with no word from him, I was starting to let my thoughts get the best of me.
I understood his feelings the other night.
It made sense. He’d been excited to be a father.
He liked kids and wanted his own, and Lucy was offering that.
And then it was all taken away. What if he decided getting back together with her would give him the things he wanted?
I shook my head and put my hair dryer in my luggage. I wasn’t going there. James had made me doubt everything, but I wasn’t doing that.
Not with Seth. I refused to be that person.
He said he would be here, and I believed him. He never broke promises or let me down. Even when we were only fake dating.
He would come back, and then we would be on our way to the fundraising dinner. We would spend the night in the hotel as planned, then come home tomorrow. I smiled as I thought about the sexy outfit I’d packed for our night away together. He was going to lose his mind.
My phone vibrated on the bed and I lunged for it, swiping open the text from Seth.
Mountain Man: Not going to make it back in time. Go without me.
What? My shoulders slumped and my stomach revolted as sadness flooded me.
I sat down on the bed and stared at the message, praying it would magically change.
But it didn’t. I tried calling and it went straight to voicemail.
Which just ended up causing frustration to bubble up.
If he was going to bail, he could have at least called.
This was not the Seth I’d fallen in love with. He would have never let me down. I pinched my eyes shut and chided myself for thinking the worst. Maybe things with his brother escalated and he really couldn’t make it back.
At this point I didn’t even want to go. Not without him. But the college was expecting me and I didn’t want to let them down. So I had to suck it up and make the best of it.