Chapter 17

chapter

seventeen

Carter

She's killing me.

I don't know what the hell is going on with her, but I'm not leaving until I figure it out.

I've already finished cutting the grass and pulling the weeds out of the hedges. I'm making a list of everything I need from the garden center to tackle a new layer of mulch.

When I start the weed eater, the noise drowns out my thoughts—at least for a minute or two.

I'm worried about Summer.

She was already acting weird this morning, telling me we shouldn't be spending every waking moment together. She worries that things are going too fast.

I don't understand what's happening.

Is she pulling away?

We'll try again after she gets a nap.

She can snap at me all she wants, but I'm not going anywhere.

She's unlike anyone I've ever met. I think I knew that the moment I saw her. The first time she smiled at me, she pierced my heart straight through.

She can try to push me away, but it's not happening.