Page 108 of Somewhere We Belong

“I thought this was a big turning point, but why… why…” Her lip trembled and she started crying.

The front door opened, and relief hit me that they were here, except Theodore came rushing in angrily.

“I guess you already told her,” Theo snapped, breathing hard.

“Theo,” Colt said, reaching for him.

“What are you talking about?” I asked, his tone made me nervous.

“When were you going to tell us?” Theo growled. “After you left? What's it going to be this time, one year, two years?”

My lack of sleep was making me confused because I didn’t know what he was talking about.

“What are you talking about?” As I said the words, Nova shifted so she could see the guys.

“Theo, I don’t think?—”

Theo glared at Colt.

“What’s going on?” Nova asked warily.

“Did you tell her so you could leave together?” Theo looked between us, his voice cracking on the last word.

“What the fuck are you talking about?”

He threw a piece of paper on the coffee table and my heart dropped. I didn’t know what to say, this wasn’t how they were supposed to find out. Nova leaned forward to grab the piece of paper as I lowered my eyes.

“I thought we were a team, you said you were finally home —”

“Theodore, will you let him talk?” Colt clipped.

Theo flinched like Colt had slapped him.

“Is this an opportunity to do research for cancer?” Nova’s wide eyes made my throat tighten up.

“Not cancer, but I would be able to work in a facility and work my way up,” I said quickly. “It’s my foot in the door and then I can hopefully work up to cancer research.”

“Holy shit, this is amazing,” she said, throwing herself at me. “This is what you wanted right? When did you apply, when did you decide?—”

“You knew?” Theo whispered, his nostrils flared.

Nova looked between us, confused.

“He mentioned how his mother and sister died and how he thought about doing this before he became a general practitioner,” Nova said, her brows furrowing. “What's going on?”

“Theo, sit down, we need to talk about this,” Colt said.

“What’s there to talk about? He's leaving us again,” Theo snapped.

“I haven’t made up my mind and?—”

“We agreed that we wouldn’t be away from each other anymore,” Theo interrupted me.

“That's why I didn’t know if I wanted to take it or not,” I said, feeling defeated.

“Why didn’t you say anything?” Colt asked, sitting on the coffee table in front of Nova and me.

“Because why say anything if I decided not to go,” I said, hanging my head down.

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