Suzy rushed through her grocery shopping, with only half a mind. The other half was with Zay and trying to figure out what secrets he had unearthed and what he was keeping from her. She had a knot in the pit of her stomach right after his call and she felt physically sick a few times. She couldn’t wait to get home, chuck her bags of groceries, and then head out to meet with Zay.

She was a toughie on the outside; she had always been able to defend her own and hardly anyone ever messed with her. That was the image she had cultivated and she was proud of that. But this thing with Steve was eating at her more than she cared to admit. He had always seemed the needy one, the one who wanted to get married, tie the knot. And she had been the one to make the excuses. Well, a fine mess this had turned out to be. Now Steve was the one who was distant and unreachable, and here she was – the needy one after all.

Suzy wiped a tear away, and hurried home.

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