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Quinn stood in the open doorway, watching as Dallas got

into her car and pulled away. Dallas stuck her hand out the

window and waved and Quinn waved back madly.

She watched for as long as she could, until she had to turn

out of the condo complex and onto the main street. Even still,

Dallas’ eyes flicked to the rear-view mirror more than once.

She felt the tears coming and let them. She brushed them away

as they fell, hoping her eyes wouldn’t be all swollen and red

when she got to the airport.

This time she might be leaving with the promise of coming

back, of being with Quinn, but she was still leaving a huge

piece of her heart back there with Quinn. This time it was a

happy sort of farewell. It was probably the best goodbye, but

like she’d thought before, it was still a goodbye and that really,

really hurt.

Dallas couldn’t wait to get to the airport to call Quinn. If

she had to go back home, she couldn’t wait to get there, just so

she could see Quinn over video.

She swiped away the last of her tears and focused on the

road. On getting to the hotel. To the airport, Back home. On

learning how to make every single day that she had Quinn in

her life again count, no matter how she had to do it.

Chapter 24

Quinn

“Dude, what are you doing? We’re late as it is. If you keep

standing there, you’re going to miss your flight.”

Quinn knew that Danica was right. She was just standing

there, in the middle of the airport, staring at a departures

screen that didn’t even have her flight on it. Danica had given

her a ride so that she didn’t have to leave her car at the airport