When it’s ten minutes past our meeting time and Tripp still hasn’t shown, I’m worried he’s going to leave me hanging. I’m anxious enough just being here with the thought that I’m about to promise myself to someone for life—real or not—that every passing minute stretches out forever. I shoot the girl behind the desk another reassuring smile and am about to pull out my phone to text him when he barrels through the door. “Sorry, I’m here.” I crane my neck to look around the guy standing in front of me. The one who looks suspiciously like my best friend, but there’s no way Tripp would be dressed
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