Chapter 57 : Back Home

*Shelby*

“Oh, my God! Look at you,” Lin shouted as I walked through the front door. “You are so tan!”

She squealed as she pulled me into a huge hug. I wrapped my arms around her and squeezed her back.

“I missed you, Lin,” I said.

“I missed you too. The apartment has felt so empty without you here,” she said, finally letting me out of the hug.

“I bet; how long do you have until you have to leave to go see your family? I was worried that I wouldn’t catch you before you left,” I said, pulling my suitcase, which I’d abandoned in the hallway, into the apartment and shutting the door.

“I decided to put that off for a few more days so I could spend some time with you before I go home,” Lin said, turning away from me and heading toward our living room. I knew she had done this on purpose to avoid looking me in the eye.

“Lin, what do you mean you put it off? Isn’t your family expecting you? You told me your brother was coming this year and everything,” I sa