Leave Me Again – Ambar Cordova

“It’s okay. Come here.” I tap the chair next to mine, and she does, stretching the mugs my way. “Coffee or tea?” “Which one do you want?” I ask her. Something tells me if Riley has coffee now, she’s never going to go back to sleep. “Um, neither? If I have any form of caffeine, I will be awake until noon tomorrow.”

She titters. I knew it. “Fair. I’ll take the tea then. Do you want water? I can grab you one.” She shakes her head. “Beer?” She shakes her head again, sticking her tongue out. “No, thank you.” “Tequila?” She raises an eyebrow in question. “I got some after the last time you were here and told me that’s your poison of choice.”

Riley leans her chin on her palm, now that her hands are free of mugs, as she studies me. “That was the first day we met.” I shake my head. “No, second.” “Oh, I guess so.” She titters again. Why is she this nervous? “Still, that was such a small thing in the shitshow that day was.” “Nothing about you is a small thing, Riles.” She’s taken aback, mouth open wide as her eyebrows frown in something I can’t quite put my finger on. That makes two of us, Riley.

Two of us. “It’s not the first time someone sees things I like and do, but I think it was the first time someone did it in a positive manner.” And this, this is what I like most about her. I don’t have to question where I stand with her, even if it breaks me to know she has felt any less than the brilliant woman she is. I don’t want to blur this line she drew in the sand while I marked on concrete.

I don’t want to give her something she’s going to take as more than what it can be—a friendship. But I do want her to know she should expect more than that from people around her. “It’s a shame something as inconsequential as me grabbing a bottle of tequila at the store makes you feel seen, because you deserve more than just being tolerated.”

Her soulful eyes suddenly look at me with such raw sincerity, I have to blink back my own reaction just to brush away the feeling I refuse to acknowledge. “That’s the kindest thing someone has ever said to me,” she mutters under her breath, breaking me a bit more, making me want to pull her into my arms and hold her tight.

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No part of this book was created with Artificial Intelligence, and it should not be used to aid, train, or assist AI in any scenario. First edition 2026 – Cordova Chronicles LLC Book Covers: •Jillian—Blue Moon Creative Studio for discreet •Maria Teresa—Essasketch for illustrated Editing: Developmental Edits by Jayné Kirk Copy, Line, and Proofreading by Alexa- The Fiction Fix Formatting by Ambar Cordova OceanofPDF.com CONTENTS Author’s Note Playlist 1.

I Will Not Run Out Of Gas 2. Not A Playground 3. Don’t Move 4. Well, Fuck 5. Wakey Wakey 6. Babysitter 7. Mister Grumpy Pants 8. I Don’t Need Help At All 9. I Can’t Sleep Either 10. Grumpy Old Man 11. Stuck Like Glue 12. Sweet As Honey 13. Crackers Are Not Dinner 14. He’s Sorta Kind, I Guess 15. Dom Ninja Diaz 16. Cinnamon, Sunshine, and Sugar 17. She’s Proud 18. Everything I Break 19. Tequila and Tea 20. A Little Water 21.

Fuck It 22. Just This Once 23. Why Did I Fight This? 24. I Want More 25. Is That Me? 26. Come Out, Come Out, Wherever You Are 27. Dance The Night Away 28. The Little Dress 29.

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