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The plane touched down in Southcrest, and Autumn spotted her friend Rebecca Moore waiting at the arrivals gate. They hadn\u2019t seen each other in forever.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAutumn, over here!\u201d Rebecca started waving her arms like crazy the second she saw her.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Autumn smiled and called back, then jogged over with her suitcase.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Rebecca rushed to meet her, and her eyes were full of concern when she got close. \u201cWhy didn\u2019t you come to me sooner when they were treating you like crap? Look how skinny you\u2019ve gotten! I told you Zachary wasn\u2019t right for you. If you\u2019d just listened to me back then and not married him, you wouldn\u2019t have had to go through all this.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Someone cleared their throat and cut off Rebecca\u2019s rambling. A tall guy stepped out from behind her and smoothly took Autumn\u2019s suitcase.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Autumn blinked in surprise. \u201cSorry, who are you?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cOh my god, look at me!\u201d Rebecca smacked her forehead. \u201cI totally forgot to introduce you guys. This is my cousin, Damon Cross.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Autumn gave\u00a0<\/p>\n
him a slightly awkward smile. \u201cHi, I\u2019m Autumn.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Damon could tell she felt uncomfortable, so he jumped in to ease the tension. \u201cNice to meet you. Rebecca talks about you all the time, and honestly, you\u2019re even prettier in person than in your photos.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThanks.\u201d Autumn paused, then added carefully, \u201cYou\u2019re pretty good-looking yourself.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Damon couldn\u2019t help but laugh at her awkward compliment.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Rebecca noticed they were hitting it off, and her eyes lit up with an idea. She offered to drive so the two of them could chat in the back, and she kept quiet the whole ride home.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Damon was really easy to talk to. Whatever topic Autumn brought up, he always had something to say about it, and she was surprised to find out they had basically the same interests. After just an hour of talking, he\u2019d already made a really good impression on her.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The second Autumn got to the front door, Rebecca was waiting with a spray bottle of disinfectant. She started spraying Autumn down from head to toe while chanting, \u201cGotta get all your ex\u2019s germs off you. Bad vibes, bad luck, all that toxic crap, gone. From now on, you\u2019re getting nothing but good energy.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Autumn didn\u2019t know whether to laugh or cry, but she let her friend have her moment. When Rebecca finally finished, she grabbed Autumn\u2019s hand and pulled her inside the apartment she\u2019d set up in advance. Every detail, from the furniture layout to the little touches around the place, was exactly Autumn\u2019s style.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Warmth spread through Autumn\u2019s chest, and all the exhaustion from traveling just melted away. After she put her suitcase down, Rebecca cleared her throat and asked carefully, \u201cSo, Autumn, what do you think of Damon? I know Damon\u2019s a year younger than you, but he\u2019s a really good guy. Honest, great personality, and he\u2019s never even had a girlfriend before, so there\u2019s definitely no ex drama or anything like that.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Autumn shook her head. \u201cRebecca, Damon sounds great, but I\u2019m not ready to jump into another relationship right now.\u201d She\u2019d just gotten out of a failed marriage, and the last thing she wanted was to deal with all that complicated stuff again.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Rebecca could tell Autumn was hurting. \u201cHey, no pressure. You guys can just hang out as friends if you want. But listen, you can\u2019t let one asshole make you give up on yourself, okay? You\u2019re amazing, and eventually, you\u2019re gonna meet someone who actually appreciates that. Zachary missing out on you? That\u2019s his loss, not yours.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Autumn hadn\u2019t cried when she caught Zachary sneaking around with Kristen. She hadn\u2019t cried when she lost the baby. She hadn\u2019t even cried when they blamed her for everything and left her behind.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But right now, all the hurt and frustration she\u2019d been bottling up came flooding out, and the tears just wouldn\u2019t stop.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Rebecca didn\u2019t say anything else. She just pulled Autumn into a hug and let her cry as hard as she needed to.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Time seemed to blur, but eventually, Autumn calmed down. That dark cloud that had been hanging over her for so long finally lifted, all thanks to having her friend there.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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