Chapter 9 Change of Plan

FORREST

MEGAN INHALED sharply, and I just froze in shock right there, struggling with fuzzy thoughts. We stared at each other for like a fucking eternity. Then the realization just sucker-punched me in my gut. That day I bumped into her, she came for a job interview.

I was the first to look away, still finding hard to think of anything to say and it was too late to turn back—she already saw me. She probably was the woman who answered my call yesterday. How the fuck didn’t...