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“Fin, please.”
“Yeah, okay,” Finley replied and walked around to the other side of the car, her heart racing because this couldn’t be agoodthing.
She opened the door and got inside. Molly didn’t turn the car on, but shedidclose her own door, giving them privacy for whatever was to come.
“Molls? Talk to me, please.”
“I don’t think we should do this anymore,” Molly said, staring straight ahead.
“What?”
“Date.”
“Yeah, I got that.” Finley turned to her. “Why not?”
“Fin, it’s not over.”
“What’s not over?” she asked, squinting at her in confusion.
“You and India.”
“What are you talking about? I told you–”
“She was at your place last night.”
“She was, yes. But how did you know that?”
“I overheard her on the phone when I got in this morning.”
“Molls, I was going to tell you when I saw you. I thought we could grab lunch.”
“To tell me that you’re giving her another chance or that she’s still in love with you and doesn’t seem to care that we’re dating?”
“To tell you that she came over to get a dress that she needed for something, tried to kiss me, but I pulled away.”
Molly turned to her then and asked, “She kissed you?”
“Triedto, Molly. I stood up before she even got close.”
“She still loves you.”
“I think she’s struggling with us being apart for good, yes, but I’m sorry, that’s not my problem. I’ve made it as clear as I could to her. She tried to do something stupid last night, but nothing happened, Molly.”
“You didn’t say anything on the phone.”
“No, because I was going to tell you in person. We were having a good call, and I didn’t want to make it about my ex-girlfriend.”
Molly nodded.
“Molls, I know you saw us together a lot and that you’ve liked me for a while, but I can’t really help that. All I can do is tell you that I don’t want to get back together with her and hope you’ll believe me.”
“I don’t want to be like this, you know?”
“Like what?”
Molly turned toward the wall again and stared at it.
“This insecure person who can’t believe that someone wants to be with me,” she replied. “I’ve always been this way a little, but with you, it’s way worse.”
