For You And Only You by Caroline Kepnes
Author:Caroline Kepnes
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK
Published: 2023-04-13T00:00:00+00:00
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Itâs been twelve minutes and forty-nine hours since you left, and Iâve been cool. Chill. Youâve stayed away from me, as if youâre hiding out on Sesame Street, because despite Slyâs support for you, you still donât quite trust the people in that room. Your sister shared a photo of you reading a book to Caridad. Strawberry Shortcake and the Winter That Would Not End. I donât know the book but Iâm sure the plucky little redhead melted the snow eventually and fuck it. I miss you. Iâm not one of the fellows who backhanded you. Iâm me! Very smart, very Salinger. Itâs an hour before the reset and I care about you, and I want you to know it.
I text you. Hey you. Wanna meet up before the reset?
You give me a smile and okay. A little part of me thought that your curiosity might have gotten the best of you, that you might have started reading my book. But thatâs not Holy shit I loved it youâre a genius, so thereâs no way you started, let alone finished. I hit you back.
How you been? I hope youâre not nervous cuz I know itâs gonna be great today.
Lol you mean DID YOU READ MY FREAKING BOOK
Itâs the first time Iâve laughed since you were here, and I needed it. And then the bubbles.
Not yet
Not right.
Oh, are you okay?
Work, family, bleh. My dadâs wound vac crapped out so the VNA was here and Caridad is having issues with a friend and then I got stuck filling in for Kimber, pulling a surprise double No fair! And Iâm freaking out about today⦠After class Iâll be a whole new person and I canât WAIT to read your freaking book! See you in five!
I tell you not to worry and you tell me Iâm the best and I know Iâm the fucking best. But what if itâs a lie? What if you are reading it, not loving it, and RIP Glenn loved it? RIP Ethel loved it. Iâve cooled my jets a little about Sly. Sheâs in gerund mode, but then again she did use the l-word and there you are, charging up the street and it stings. You didnât have time to read but you did have time to go shopping for a new sweater.
âWow,â I say. âThatâs one I havenât seen before.â
You hold out your arms. âToo pink?â
Yes. âNah,â I say, and you link your arm through mine.
âBabe, I know I suck. I will read it tonight. For real. You know Iâm dying to, right?â
âYou donât suck. And for the record, youâre the one who brought up my book, Wonder. I know how nervous you are about today and in no way shape or form did I expect you to read it.â
âSo! Bobby says he knows a guy who might wanna buy your ex-box. Excuse me, jukebox.â
It was your idea to sell the jukebox and itâs the good kind of tension. Sexual and possessive, and who knows? Maybe you bought
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