The Love Song — Episode 8

he'd left at my place every matching keychain every sticky note from late night study when the apartment was empty of him i picked up my phone and started pressing block one account at a time instagram blocked snapchat blocked i message blocked i changed my door code i called mom she was in dallas on a work trip dad was with her i want to spend the summer in london with aunt

Claire. London? That's sudden, sweetie. Are you and Lennox going together? How romantic. No, Mom. Just me. Can Dad book me a flight? The earliest one possible. The plan was clean. Summer in London. When August came, fly straight to California for orientation. No Lennox. No No chance to change my mind. Mom didn't ask questions. She could hear something in my

Dad called back 20 minutes later with a red eye booked for tonight. I was dragging my suitcase out the front door when Mrs. Hale appeared on her porch. Lennox, Mom. Sweet, clueless, perpetually convinced that I was her future daughter-in-law. Sweetie, aren't you two going to Aspen together? Lennox has been planning it for weeks. Change of plans, Mrs. Hale. Have a

great summer. At the airport, I was scanning the departure board when I saw him. At the airport, I was scanning the departure board when I saw him. Sienna tilted her head up to say Lennox bent down to listen. He never met me halfway. I was 5'4". He was 6'2". The height gap was a running joke between our families. But for Sienna, he bent. There was only one path to

the gates. I trailed behind them at a distance, praying he wouldn't turn around. He