You Ignored My Birthday So I Erased Myself From The Family novel · Chapter 15 of 24

Chapter 15: Parking Lot

I did not remember crossing the ballroom.

One moment Penelope's voice was still ringing in the chandelier.

The next, Noah had the folder in one hand and my elbow in the other.

"Let's go," he said quietly. "You've said it."

We walked out past the swans.

Nobody stopped us, and nobody clapped.

Behind us, Mom's voice rose high and cracked, and a man said, "Diane, please," and then the doors swung shut and muffled all of it.

The air outside was cold and smelled of cut grass.

The valet stand was empty, and the parking lot was a long field of dark cars under orange lights.

I made it as far as the curb before my knees quit, and I sat down on the concrete in my borrowed dress.

Noah sat beside me, in a jacket that smelled like red wine.

"Did that happen?" I said.

"A woman gave back a ring over a truck title."

"Did I do that?"

"You read a list. The ring was her call."

I laughed, and it turned into something else halfway out.

He didn't say anything.

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