“Avery, wait,” Josh called behind her, but she didn’t slow her pace down. “Would you please stop … Avie, please wait a sec.” Avie. The sound of his nickname for her made her stop instantly. Nobody had called her that in years. The last time she’d heard it was the day he had left, when he’d told her he was going to miss her. “So fucking much, Avie.” She swallowed past the lump in her throat.
