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*Owen's POV*
Throughout our entire car ride, Claire kept trying to get in contact with her nephews. I could actually see her getting more and more upset with every unanswered call. I wouldn't necessarily say it was an awkward car ride...I think it sat more along the lines of how our car ride earlier was. We both had a lot of things on our mind that neither of us wanted to talk about, but we probably needed to. I kept my eyes on the road whenever they weren't drifting off to catch a glimpse at Claire. I won't lie, I was a little upset that our first date didn't go as well as we wanted it to. I mean, she's pretty attractive. It's not just that either. I like her work ethic, she stands her ground and goes out and gets what she wants. It's pretty admirable honestly. I guess I was just so thrown off by the fact that she was so uptight on our date...I mean, who turns down tequila? But I guess I should've respected her decision, not criticize it. Though, I don't think I can forget about her dissing my board shorts anytime soon. She was the one who asked me on the date, I thought she'd at least admire my ability to be able to relax. But I guess I should've realized sooner that she doesn't really relax much...if at all. "So, tell me about your nephews," I said, clearing the silence.
"I don't really know much about them, I haven't seen them in so long..." she looked down at her cell phone and sighed. "I've just been putting myself into my work, I've completely disregarded them."
"Well maybe let's start with their names, what are they?"
"Zach and Gray. Zach is the older one, Gray is younger. I think they're about 5 years apart," She bit the inside of her lip and then looked at me. "My sister said something about Zach applying to colleges next fall, he's been looking at a few now."
I nodded my head and looked at her. "Okay, so he's got to be what? 16 almost 17? That's the same age as Hailey. Do you know what college's he's been looking at?"
She shook her head and looked back down at her phone. "I haven't given much time to my family. I've dedicated what seems to be my entire life to my work...and now I could lose both of them." She tapped her phone against her hand and looked out of the window.
I could tell that she was upset and that she was holding back tears, I knew I needed to say something. "This one time-"
"My sister says that they love me and that they love spending time with me, especially Gray. She said that coming here to visit his Aunt Claire was all he could talk about from the moment they told them two months ago. I could even see how excited he was to be here, and do you know what the last thing that I told the both of them was?" She looked at me, her eyes still brimming with tears. "I canceled our afternoon plans and said I would see them at dinner. But I knew that I wouldn't see them."
"Claire..." I said, looking at her. I reached for her hand and her phone rang, causing her to quickly answer it.
"Hello? Zach?!" She said, leaning forward in her seat. "Oh, hi Lowery. No, no I just- do you have any more information?"
