Page 152 of Paradox
That I’m with someone else.
That I’m in love and I’m not willing to let them go.
My phone vibrates, and I smile. I guess my little man misses me, too.
Unzipping the top of my jacket, I reach inside, and without looking, swipe to answer the call.
“You need me to carry you downstairs, Little One?”
“Excuse me?”
You fucking idiot!
“Eden? Are you there?”
It takes all of my strength not to throw my phone at the nearest tree. “What do you want, Shawn?”
“Oh. I, um… Sorry. I’m surprised you answered. But I guess you were expecting someone else?”
“Yeah, well. How long has it been now that I’ve been telling you to leave me alone?”
“I know.” She’s dejected, that much is clear by her tone. “It’s just… I miss you.”
“Didn’t take you long to move on from Reeze.”
“We were never seeing each other.”
“Oh, good. What a relief. You were just sucking his dick in our bed when you were meant to be sick, on a whim, then?”
“Eden, please. How many times do I have to say I’m sorry?”
“As many times as you want cause it’s not gonna change the fact that I don’t miss you, Shawn. And I don’t miss our relationship.”
“How can you say that?”
“I’m honestly more hurt that Reeze betrayed me.”
“Fuck you.”
“You cheated on me.”
“You’d been pulling away for months.”
“But I didn’t cheat on you.”
“I don’t think I believe you.”
“You don’t have to.”
“I know you have someone there.”
I laugh into the phone. “What gave it away?”
“How can you expect me to believe you weren’t seeing someone else when you’ve been snowed in up there since the beginning of December?”
“Maybe I met someone on Tinder when I first arrived, and a random hookup turned into something more? It happened with us.”
“You sure it wasn’t Grindr?”
