##Chapter 57: Luke

Book One: Don't Leave

"What if they get back together?" she asks. "Cole and I haven't been together for that long. And they have this long history. They didn't just go out, they were friends. Best friends." She worries the napkin between her fingers.

I don't think she realizes that she's shredding the paper into tiny pieces.

"We're talking childhood friends," she adds as if I haven't grasped the gravity of the situation.

Instead of taking ...