CHAPTER 118

CARMEN

“What do you mean? What can’t you do anymore?” I asked Dave as I stood up and headed to the door, getting ready to ask him to tell me where he was so that I would go to him to talk.

“We need to meet up and talk about all of this. I’ll send my location to you. Can you meet me in a few minutes?” he asked, and I almost laughed at the question as even hearing from him over the phone was more than I could ever ask for.

“Of course I can. I’ll take a taxi as soon as you send the your location,” I replied, running down the stairs and taking the car keys from my father when Dave hung up the phone.

“What’s happening?” Dad asked.

“Dave finally called. He wants to see me. I think he wants to call everything off between us. He said something about not wanting to do this anymore,” I relayed my worries to him.

“It’s going to be fine, Carmen,” he assured. “I’m sure he wouldn’t want to do something that would hurt you. If he does want a break, though, you can always let him go. It’s been hard f