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I promise I won’t leave you.”

I hugged him back as hard as I could. “I understand. Thanks Logan,” I pulled away and made my way to the door. I opened the door to leave, “When you’re ready, you know where to find me.” I closed the door behind me as I left my heart lying on the floor.

Chapter Twenty

Picking Up The Pieces

The following weeks were absolute torture. Rachel, and to my surprise Jade, tried to cheer me up with unholy amounts of ice cream and girl time. I tried to act cheerful around them, but I felt utterly broken inside. Amber, who hadn’t been at the bar that night for some reason and had heard everything from Adam, refused to speak to me and I understood why. She loved Logan as much as I did and I had hurt him beyond repair. I missed her as much as I did Logan, but if I was truthful with myself, I missed Drake more than anything in my life. Every time I would see him around campus my heart would start fluttering like a hummingbird in my chest and I would feel dizzy. I would catch him staring at me from time to time in class, where he had taken his old seat several rows away from me, but he never approached me.

I tried to keep myself busy at all times so I didn’t think of either of them, but they always snuck into my thoughts at the most unexpected moments, in the shower, when I was folding my laundry, even at work. My work was suffering miserably and I knew I was going to be called out on it. Finally, one evening Janet pulled me into her office.

“Listen Chloe, I don’t know what’s going on with you, but you need to get your head on straight or I’m going to have to fire you. I don’t want to, but I’ve had so many complaints over the last few weeks, that there is no way I can keep letting this go on.”

I slumped into my chair and nodded, “I’m so sorry Janet, I promise I’ll start trying harder. I’ve just had a lot of personal stuff going on, but that isn’t an excuse.”

She nodded and smiled at me, “I really do like you Chloe. Listen, take a week off to figure stuff out, and then come back in the Monday after next.”

I nodded and stood to leave, “When I come back, I promise things will be better.”

“I hope so Chloe. If you need someone, you know where to find me.”

As I closed the door behind me, tears formed in my eyes. I had cried more in the last few months than I ever had in my life. Even with my mom always being so shitty, I never cried this much. I waved goodbye to Vanessa as I left, leaving her with a questioning look on her face.

Speaking of my mother, I had thought I was safe after the phone call Drake had witnessed. Unfortunately, either she had been unable to locate me or she decided now was the perfect time to torture me. The calls had started coming through again this past week. I received as many as ten a day, sometimes in the middle of the night. I knew she was playing a game with me, but I refused to be part of whatever she was planning. My mother was a conniving and cruel hearted bitch and I was better off completely ignoring her.

My phone rang again on the way home, making it the sixth, or was it seventh, call of the day. When I arrived back at the dorm I checked my phone, and sure enough, another blocked number. I powered off my phone and walked up to my room. Rachel was lying in bed reading when I came in.

“You’re home early, what’s up?”

I threw my bag on the table and sat at the edge of her bed, “My boss kicked me out.”

Her eyes widened, “Oh no! Did you get fired?”

I shook my head, “No, she told me to take a week off and get my shit together. Don’t worry, I know I still owe you that free cup of coffee. I’ll make sure you get it before I get fired.”

She laughed and hit me over the head with a pillow. “You’re so dumb Chloe, I wasn’t worried about my coffee,” She looked thoughtful for a moment, “Actually, I am. I’ll stop by the day you go back just in