Page 43 of Love Undecided
“He just wants to be with you, Kat, in any way that he can. It’s so romantic. And so sad,” Lexie says with a sigh.
"I know," I say, "but it all just needs to stop."
"Why does it bother you so much?" Lexie asks me with a smirk.
"It doesn't bother me,” I say.
"Well, then why does it need to stop?" Remi asks.
"Because he needs to let me go. It’s not going to happen,” I say.
"Methinks the lady doth protest too much," Remi says.
"No, I don't," I say. "I just want him to be happy, and the only way he is going to be happy is if he moves on."
"Maybe he’s happy with everything just the way it is,” Lexie says.
"Nobody is ever happy with anything just the way it is," I tell her.
"Preach it, sister," Remi says, raising her glass.
"You guys are so pessimistic,” Lexie sighs.
"I prefer realistic," I say.
"Realistic, pessimistic, same thing really," Lexie says.
“Anyway,” I say. “He’ll move on, I’ll move on. We’ll solve this case, and then I’ll go back to hanging out all day doing nothing except texting you guys.”
“I like it when you text me,” Lexie says. “Well, except when you text me all day, like you do sometimes, ‘cause I don’t always have time to answer and then I end up feeling kind of overwhelmed by the number of texts and I don’t read them or answer them. But otherwise, I totally love it.”
“Good to know,” I tell her.
“Back to the case,” Remi says.
“Okay, so we got a partial lead today, thanks to Brad, but we aren’t sure how it fits in yet. If at all. So it’s back to trying to find clues and hoping I have a feeling about something. I did get a really weird feeling the other day when I was heading into the precinct. But, it wasn’t really like afeeling,per se, it was more like anxiety.”
“Well, duh,” Lexie says. “It’s only natural to feel anxious with everything you’ve had happen to you and still have going on.”
“Why? I’m cancer free, I’m single, I’m jobless, what can there possibly be to make me anxious?” I ask.
“Exactly,” Remi says.
“If it makes you happy, today was one of the more exhausting days that I've had in a long time,” I say.
"Kat, you didn't say anything, we didn't have to go out tonight,” Lexie says.
"It's okay, being with you guys is never tiring, it's the opposite. I always feel better with you."
Lexie leans over and gives me a hug and kiss on the cheek.
"Promise you are taking care of yourself?" Remi asks.
"I promise," I tell them, mentally crossing my fingers behind my back to excuse myself from the lie.
