“Now I’m gonna sit here until you get back into that school. Then I want you to work hard, get into a great University, and make what you want of your life. You got me?” I don’t tell him that Shay has no intention of letting me go away to school. That he wants me to stay here, and work in the club so that we’re closer than before. There was no point. What good would it do? So I just nod against him, give him one last squeeze as I breathe in the beautiful scent of him that I missed so much, and climb out into the cold, Autumn air.