Page 106 of Broken Hearts
She gets up and hugs me.
Heath tips his head. “Feeling better?”
I shrug. “A little, I guess. Don’t feel like throwing anything.”
He chuckles. “Good because these thin ass walls can’t handle it.”
I glance up to the small hole in the wall where my phone hit. “I’ll fix it. Seen Adam?”
“Out back,” Ginny says, letting me go.
Adam and Reagan are sitting on a lounge chair together, talking and laughing. So happy. I want that.
He looks up when I step outside. “Hey, you’re awake.”
Reagan turns and smiles at me. “I should go get ready for Sienna’s competition.”
She kisses Adam and leaves us alone.
“I’m sorry for everything,” I say. “I lost my head. It’s no excuse.”
“Don’t worry about it. Already forgotten.”
“Thank you for checking on me even when I don’t want you to.”
He chuckles. “I’m gonna remember you said that for next time.”
“God, I hope there’s not a next time like this.”
His expression sobers. “Are you on your way to the arena?”
“Soon. I have a few things I need to take care of first.”
“I meant what I said last night. I always want whatever is best for you. I like Sienna. She’s sweet and caring, and I’ve never seen you so happy. That must be hard, considering everything else.”
“She’s incredible. I love her. I love her in ways I never thought I could love a person. I thought it would be enough.”
Enough to move on and to not feel the agony of losing a girl I’d known my whole life.
Adam nods. “I should have made you stay for the funeral. I didn’t know what you needed. I still don’t, but I’m here.”
“I know that, and I appreciate it. I should have stayed, but that’s on me.”
He stands and hugs me. “Whatever you need. I’m here.”
“In that case, can I borrow your phone?” I hold up what’s left of mine.
He laughs. “Yeah, of course.”
32
Sienna
I’m sitting in the tunnel talking with Elias trying to calm my nerves. The competition starts in just a few minutes. I’m not set to skate until later this afternoon, but with everything going on, I’m a jittery mess.
“I’m back in the good ole USA.” He tilts the phone to show me his new weight room. He and Taylor are training at her home gym in South Dakota for the next month.
“Too bad her home gym wasn’t in Arizona. You’re so close.”
