“If you’re going to say that you shouldn’t have left, that
you shouldn’t have dumped me out of nowhere, and that you
shouldn’t have moved away the next day and never talked to
any of us again like our relationship being over meant that we
couldn’t’ still be friends or anything else, then don’t. It’s
unforgivable.”
Quinn didn’t mince words. She was always pretty honest
before, but this was a new, bolder side. Quinn was no longer
afraid to speak her mind. Or maybe it was just anger that made
it easier for her. Maybe for Dallas, she was making a special
exemption.
“I know. Yeah. I know.”
“Why did you do it then? You could have just told me it
wasn’t working out or that you didn’t feel the same way. We
were young. I would have understood. You didn’t just give up
on our relationship, you gave up on our friendship. You gave
up on my family. My brother and sister were so hurt. My
parents. My grampy. They didn’t get it. They missed you.
They had no idea what happened, and farge if I did either.”
“I’m-”
“You’re what? You feel bad now?” Quinn didn’t stop
walking. She didn’t look at Dallas. “Ten years later you’re
sorry and you feel bad? You never would have come back here
if it wasn’t for that will. You never would have come back to
Topeka. Ever. You would have just got on with your nice,
happy life in Tampa. You probably pretend that this place
never happened. That you had no life before you moved
there.”
Dallas clenched her fingers tightly into the palm of her
hand. “No,” she breathed. “I don’t live like that. I don’t