Kacey’s heart broke for her. “Oh, Lacey.”
“Oh, I know,” she said softly. “I took my meds today and I apologized to Karson this morning, and Mena, though I don’t she understands, but yeah,” she said, and Kacey could hear the tears in her voice. “I just feel weak, almost, and pathetic. I have to stop this.”
“You do. Have you thought about going to therapy? Maybe the ABC group isn’t enough?”
“Yeah, we talked about it this morning. I called Jordie too and he gave me his chick.”
“Julie is wonderful,” Kacey informed her. “I think you’d like her.”
“I’m gonna call her. I just wish I weren’t so fucked in the head.”
“You had a pretty traumatic thing happen at such a young age with no help, Lacey. Unlike other people, you know there is a problem and you’re gonna get help.”
“Thanks,” she said softly. “Do you think I’m crazy?”
“Just a bit, but I still love you,” she teased and Lacey laughed.
“Sure you do,” Lacey teased back, her laughter coming from deep within and that made Kacey happy. She didn’t like Lacey all messed up, it scared her. “How are you feeling?”
“Good,” she beamed. “I’m actually heading to Jordie and my couples’ shoot at the park. Maybe I should have waited till I was big. I just look fat.”
“Fat is the last thing I’d say about you, but I think it’s sweet you’re doing it now. You need pictures for the house, for sure. Do it again when you’re big.”
Kacey shrugged. “I guess, I mean I’m in it to win it at this point. I’m wearing cute clothes, and my hair is on point, along with my makeup. Thanks for suggesting Michelle, she was amazing.”
And she was. Kacey’s hair was in beautiful curls, framing her face in a sweet, country girl way. Along with light makeup that brought out the brown in her eyes, she looked flawless. With black leggings, a long beige sweater, and brown riding boots, Kacey was sure she could pass as if she had grown up in the South her whole life.
“Jordie better have put on that sport coat. He thought it was dumb when he was here,” Lacey laughed and Kacey glared, even though no one could see her.
“I’ll skin him if he didn’t,” she warned and Lacey laughed harder as Kacey parked. She knew he didn’t like the brown tweed jacket she had picked out, but it went with her outfit perfectly. They were going to be adorable.
“Well, don’t get your hopes up. He said he’s gonna wear something else.”
“Oh, I should have known when he said he’d meet me here he was going to mess this up. I swear he does it because he loves seeing me angry.”
Lacey giggled. “Probably.”
Getting out of the car, she locked it as she started for the spot under a maple tree that Harper had instructed. She didn’t see Jordie’s truck, but then she wasn’t looking. She was a tad bit late and needed to hurry, but as she turned to go around the car, she stopped dead in her tracks.
“Let me call you back.”
“What’s wrong? Why are you talking like that?”
“I just ran into Liam. Bye,” she said and then hung up before putting a big smile on her face. He was sweating, and as she took in the shorts and sweatshirt, she figured he had been running. “Hey, out for a run?”
She didn’t know how she’d forgotten that he loved to run out here, but then, she really didn’t think of Liam much. They hadn’t spoken in months, but yet, he smiled, his perfect jawline moving as he slowly nodded.
“Yeah, funny seeing you here.”
She smiled. “I’m meeting Jordie here for a couple pictures for our house,” she said, and she didn’t miss his grimace. But she wouldn’t act as if she weren’t with Jordie. She was too happy to do that.
“Yeah, he posts about you all the time. I see that he tags you in everything,” he said and Kacey nodded as a grin pulled at her lips.
“Yes, my boyfriend is a Facebook whore now. It’s kind of embarrassing.”