Normally his silence didn’t bother me when I was in his company, but knowing that he was blatantly ignoring me had me climbing the walls. I doubted myself for walking away on the beach the other night and basically giving him an ultimatum. I was hoping that would have been enough to get him to open up. I thought wrong. Whatever it was that he was hiding was buried so deep inside, I wasn’t sure that he could let it out even if he tried. After helping Hadley clean, cook, and bake twelve dozen cupcakes for the church bake sale, I was all out of ideas to keep me from thinking of him. So, instead of going stir crazy, I hopped on my bike and headed to the library in town to have a look around. The smell of books was intoxicating to me. I had always been a big reader, preferring the classics over the latest trends. Little Women and The Great Gatsby were at the top of my list, but the tattered book I was holding in my hand was my absolute favorite: To Kill a Mockingbird. I smiled just skimming through the pages.
