Chapter 187

Weston

"You look awfully happy," Jasper says as I get out of my truck and head toward the job site.

I feel like a new man, like I have a new lease on life now that Melanie and I seem to have worked a few things out. I don't tell him all that, though. Instead, I just smile and shrug my shoulders.

"What can I say? The sun is shining, it's getting warmer, the snow is melted."

He looks at me as if he doesn't believe me. "Alright, man, whatever. How are things going with you and Mel?"

He looks at me as if he doesn't believe me. "Alright, man, whatever. How are things going with you and Mel?"

This is what I was afraid he would ask me. I don't want to jinx it, but I also need somebody to talk to.

"She told me why she left," I admit.

He whistles through his teeth. "Are you fucking kidding me? She told you why she left. This is what you wanted the entire time. How do you feel about it?"