Two months after what had transpired between Julie and Mark, meaning one month before Henry was due to leave for Sacramento, Julie decided to inform her brother of her decision not to leave with him.
Sure, it would tear her apart. Watching him leave with her sworn enemy, off to a new town where she wouldn’t be able to see him, was pure torture.
Nevertheless, it needed to be done, if she wanted to move on with her life. She couldn’t stay hung up on Henry forever.
She decided to tell him of what she had decided on one of Cami’s night shifts, so they would be able to talk freely, without fear of being overheard.
“Henry,” she called out as she entered the kitchen where he was cooking them dinner.
The delicious aroma that wafted through the air was enough to make her delay the news.
