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“Ah, Amber? You were always a queen. I just loved watching your eyes spit fire every time I called you that. Didn’t you learn in school boys only tease the girls they like?”
“No one ever liked me.”
“Bullshit, mouse. Bullshit. Go. Go wait for your man before I change my mind and lock you back up into my bedroom.”
I swallow hard, walking backwards. “I’ll text about Elle.”
“You do that.”
I turn, practically sprinting to the end of the road. A man opens a gate for me, and I wait on the other side. Last year, I almost died. A half a year before that, some thought life as we knew it could be over. But I know there’s blessings in hard times. Times when you can’t see the light. All you need to do is hold on tight and keep looking in the dark until you find the light.
I look up. Down the dark road leading to the Clubhouse, a single light shines. It’s my man on his chrome horse, coming to his lady’s rescue. It comes closer and closer. I found my light in the dark. And he found his.
I turn the flashlight on my cell on, slowly waving it—knowing my light will lead him home.