Page 12 of My Almost Ex

“So Cade, huh?”

She nods. “She just whirled into town and put a sold sign on the man. Another Greene off the market.” Her smile dims again.

I want to say ‘stop it. I’m fine. Don’t feel sorry for me.’

“Of course, you were the first to get a Greene man off the market,” she says, elbowing me.

“And from what I hear, I was the first one to put a Greene back on the market as well.”

She puts her arm around my shoulders. “Don’t worry, you’re totally going to win him back. That Alicia is nobody.”

Another mother walks past us into the bookstore, and we hear Presley announce that story time is starting.

“Oh, I have to go. Here.” Cora pulls out her phone and hands it to me. “Call yourself and then I’ll call you afterward. Give you the address to my place.”

I do what she says, and she hugs me one more time before rushing inside. I think about her words. Win him back? Is that something I want to do? I wish I could answer that, but until I regain my memory of why I left him in the first place, I’m not sure I can. Right now, I feel as though a huge chunk of my heart has been dug out with a dull shovel. But past me must’ve had reasons for leaving my husband, right?

And then I spot my mom across the street. I’m about to follow her until she gets into a truck and drives away.

I know that truck. It’s Adam’s.

“I guess you weren’t invited,” Dori says.

The old bat is right. As if not remembering that it’s my life, two people I love are purposely keeping me out of every decision that affects me.

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