Chapter 6

Six

D ahlia

After leaving Blake at the bar, I float off toward the square to hand out candy to a couple hundred little fairies, zombies, firefighters, Captain Americas and ghosts. After the trick or treating chaos wraps up, I head home for a quick nap. I snuggle down under my comforter and set my alarm. But before I set it, I quickly check social media to see the progress of the scavenger hunt.

To my surprise, I see that Blake has already been tagged in about a dozen pictures by participants in the game. And he doesn’t look all that upset about it. The Blake I know hates all of this nonsense. It becomes abundantly clear that he’s doing this for me. All of it.

A part of me feels bad for manipulating him into helping out so much today. But I realize why I’ve sought him out. Because for me, it’s always been Blake. He was my first everything. My first kiss, my first sex partner, my first love. My first and only.

I go to sleep for a couple of hours with one question on my mind: Is he playing along just to get me back in his arms, or has he actually changed for the better?