Falling Overboard

by Sariah Wilson

I reached into my pocket and handed her a handkerchief.

Ok who is carrying handkerchiefs nowadays

From this crew, no less.

How would he know that wrong pov

“I don’t get why you have a handkerchief. How old are you?”

Thank you

Would she see it as a betrayal?

Girl come on

“What we need now is some popcorn,” he said. No, what I needed now was a defibrillator.

“It’s like pepper spray for bears. You should always use it if a bear attacks you because you’re going to die anyway so it’s better if you make the bear really and truly mad so that he’ll maul you faster.”

But a prospective date telling me he has money would send me screaming in the opposite direction. Rich people are the literal worst, and I know that even more now because of my job.

Awkwarddd

They only ever text me when they need something. It’s six thousand dollars this time to fix their car.”

I am begging u to grow a backbone

No worries either way.” I suspected that she was worrying both ways plus a secret third way.

A few seconds later the rest of the crew showed up, including Hunter,

Where did he go tho like

he made François twerk in Andre’s face,

Andre is the chef?? Theres no way hes there?

He’d had to keep up the facade, the pretense that he and I were together. It was why I had thought he wanted to kiss me. He’d never actually wanted it. It had all been in service of his lie. That broke my heart a little.

Heree we go. Im rolling my eyes u cant tell

Not kissing. This was okay. It wasn’t kissing. As long as we didn’t kiss, I could keep my job.

Im sorry she makes no sense im getting tired

“Thank you. I lo—” There was a strange pause, and then he hurried to finish his sentence. “I love coffee.”

Omg chilll

“East Haven, Connecticut.”

DAMN OK

“I suggested Titanic II, but that didn’t amuse him.

“And we shouldn’t even be doing that. Your

Omg just shut up and kiss it waz YOUR IDEAAAA

because we knew that this might be our last chance to be alone like this for a very long time,

U sleep together every night

“I love you, too,” she said.

Ready to say i love u but not boyfriend ok girl

“That guy was touching you.” “I’m aware. You can’t come in and intimidate the guests. Not when we’re depending on their tip. I can take care of myself.”

Girl please

Had he been telling Emilie the same things he’d told me? Saying he wasn’t interested in me or Georgia, that she was the only one for him?

OBVIOUSLY NOT BE SO FR

If I’d had the guts to tell him about how lazy Emilie was, she would have been long gone and I wouldn’t be here, trying to gather up all my belongings.

Yep!

I understood how this would have crushed her, but a part of me was hurt that she didn’t trust me.

Good

What if what he planned on sending me was Hunter?

Bffr

he had come to East Haven to help me open my bakery.

I still cant believe east haven

Hunter had found the perfect location in Branford near the village of Stony Creek,

I CANNOTTTT