Page 52 of Promises We Meant to Keep

Maybe this was a good thing after all.

nineteen

“Greer!” Kamryn flopped onto the couch in her living room after another insanely long day. She had the phone pressed to her ear and she sighed in absolute relief when she heard Greer pick up. “I miss you.”

“I miss you, too!” Greer said on a laugh. “It’s been way too long.”

“Way too long,” Kamryn agreed. They were so used to seeing each other frequently, but with the added distance between them, it was far too difficult to meet up regularly anymore. “What’s new in your world?”

“Oh you know, same old, same old. Poopy diapers, screaming kids, lots of laughs and joy.”

That was what Kamryn had been missing from her life—Greer’s insane sunshine, bubbly joy that she never seemed to be without. Even when she was being laid off, Greer was happy about everything. Kamryn sank into that feeling, needing it more and more in her life now than before. The world of the school was bogging her down and dragging her under, and she wasn’t going to be able to survive it without Greer in her life.

“You’re my best friend, you know that?”

“Uh-oh,” Greer answered, concern edging its way in. “Why areyougetting all sappy now? You never do that unless…” Greer stopped. “Did Lauren call you? Are you two—”

“God no! Why would she call me?” Kamryn frowned, her nose wrinkling. She hadn’t even thought of Lauren in the last two weeks. Since when had that happened?

Elia.

Her name swam through Kamryn’s memory, the soft touches, easy kisses—fiery kisses more like. Kamryn smiled at that. They hadn’t started off slowly, had they?

“Earth to Kamryn!”

“W-what?” Kamryn winced. “Sorry, what did you ask?”

“Lau-ren. Did she call you?” Greer sounded even more concerned now. Kamryn was going to have to rectify that. She didn’t need Greer worrying about her when she had her own problems to deal with.

“No. Was she supposed to?”

“I thought she might.”

There was definitely more in that statement than Greer was letting on. And Kamryn now wanted to know everything. She glanced at the clock on the wall. She had the time to dig for this. “Did she say she was going to?”

“She mentioned she might.”

“About the wedding?” So it was twenty questions. Got it. Kamryn could play this game and win.

“No, it wasn’t about the wedding.” Greer’s voice dropped.

She definitely was trying to not talk about this.

“Rosie? Did she break up with Rosie?”

“Uh. You know, she didn’t say.”

“Greer.” Kamryn narrowed her gaze, annoyance peeking its way into her. She had to get whatever answer she needed now. She was tiring of this game quickly. “Lauren called you?”

“Yeah? I mean, yeah, she did. We still have regular calls, and she’s trying to get me a job.”

“A job?” A deep line formed in the center of Kamryn’s forehead. “Are you that worried about work that you’re asking her for help?”

“She said she might know someone,” Greer said sheepishly. “And my layoff date is coming up faster than I expected it to.”

“What do you mean?”

Greer let out a loud sigh. “They moved it up to the middle of November.”

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