I waved my hand. “Don’t worry about it. You don’t have to pretend to care.”
 
 I walked away before he could say anything else, going to my room to work.
 
 But I could have sworn I felt his eyes follow me the entire way. I got to my room and opened my text messages with Wren.
 
 Cain can cook. Who knew?
 
 Wren
 
 Cain???
 
 Hot farmer.
 
 Oh, you’re using first names? Enemies to lovers confirmed!
 
 I hate you.
 
 Uh huh. Do you? Or do you wanna know when the first episode of the show airs?
 
 TELL ME. I’m gnawing at the bars of my enclosure.
 
 I appreciate your love. It’s next Tuesday at seven.
 
 14
 
 CAIN
 
 Strawberry Springs Neighborhood Watch
 
 Kerry Winsor
 
 I can’t believe it’s the last farmers market of the year next week! Where does the time go?
 
 Comments:
 
 Marjorie Brown: Think they’re selling melons?
 
 Kerry Winsor: Marjorie, it’s October.
 
 Atticus Thompson: Pumpkins are a melon.
 
 Kerry Winsor: Did you mean pumpkins?@Marjorie Brown
 
 Marjorie Brown: No.
 
 Kerry Winsor: What is even happening here???
 
 Marjorie Brown: Now who’s blowing a fuse?
 
 Henrietta Brown: Honey, we talked about this.
 
 Nashville was a fucking nightmare.
 
 It had been years since I’d come here, and there wasa reason why. I hated the noise. I hated how everyone was constantly busy, never slowing down.
 
 Mollie was like that, and it bothered me way too much.
 
 But I had to be here to meet with the lawyer who could represent me in keeping Eric. I didn’t know if I could since Waldren had been confirmed to be his biological dad, but I had to try.