Matt Cooper walked into the hardware store in a daze,
his body going through the motions while his mind tumbled in an array of memories,
anger, and longing.
She’s back.
Jordan Cross, his high school love and childhood best
friend…back. She’d left without a word, leaving a mess of dashed possibilities
and his broken heart in her wake.
But, Jesus, she looked even better than before.
Her green eyes seemed darker, more haunted or
sorrowful, than before, like she’d fought more than she’d bargained for and was
still losing. Her hair was longer now, very glossy sable locks falling to the
middle of her back in careless waves. He’d had loved to run his fingers through
it when they sat at the lakeside watching the sun set.
Yes, they’d been that clichéd in high school, but he’d
loved her.
Loved.
Past tense. Because he didn’t love her anymore. She’d
left him. Left him with his problems, his everything and yet nothing.
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