Too Close

Epilogue

Tyler's P.O.V

June

I watched from where I sat parked across the street as Olivia pulled her car up to the house. She got out and stopped at the mailbox to retrieve the mail. I heard the distant sound of Clyde barking at her arrival when she went inside.

I didn't see Haylie and Reed when they pulled up until he cut the engine and they got out. He spotted me, not looking the least bit surprised that I was checking up on her because he was the one who told me today was her last day in Charlotte.

Reed walked up to my Charger after Haylie went in, looking over his shoulder and leaning on his elbows through the open window.

"You sure you want to do this?" He asked. When I didn't answer, he pushed. "It doesn't have to be this way."

"You know it does." Didn't he know it was killing me on the inside?

"I guess you're right. God forbid Jason comes back before they find him." I gripped the steering wheel, making my knuckles turn white. I wouldn't think about that.

I watched him cross the street and wait by his car. In a few minutes I would start my own car and head East.

Mr. C walked out carrying boxes with Olivia in tow with some lighter items, followed by Mira. They piled everything on top of other boxes in the trunk and backseat of her Malibu, then Haylie hugged her good-bye. I smiled when Reed waved and shouted 'good luck', and the two of them peeled off. O spent a few minutes in Mr. and Mrs. C's arms before waving bye and pulling out of her parking spot. I waited until after I could no longer see her car and the Callahans were back inside, before driving off.

Her life would be better this way, without my bullshit to ruin it. There was no telling if Jason would keep his word in not coming after me again. But even if he doesn't, he'll lose interest and won't attempt to further fuck up her life once he finds out I left her.

She's going to college, Princeton U, and she'll meet the better guy. At eighteen, she had the rest of her life ahead of her.

I passed the sign warning that I was leaving Charlotte. I pressed harder on the gas.

To Be Continued...

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