ALSO BY MELANIE HOOYENGA The Flicker Effect FLICKER FRACTURE FADED The Rules Series THE SLOPE RULES THE TRAIL RULES THE EDGE RULES Anthologies THE ART OF TAKING CHANCES LOVE ON MAIN Copyright © 2020 by Melanie Hooyenga All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without written permission from the author, except for the use of brief quotations in a book review. CHASING THE SUN is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental. Published by Left-Handed Mitten Publications. Book design, cover design, and ebook formatting by Left-Handed Mitten Publications. Author website: melaniehoo.com Email:
[email protected] Facebook: facebook.com/MelanieHooyenga Twitter: @melaniehoo Instagram: @melaniehoo Newsletter: melaniehoo.com/hoos-letter For everyone longing for the time when we could hold hands with abandon 1 SAGE IT TAKES A BRAVE MAN TO ASK HIS EX-GIRLFRIEND FOR A detailed list of everything he did wrong in their two-year relationship, but that’s exactly what Paxton Juarez, former love of my life, has done. I slam the cupboard door shut and toss a bag of pretzels on the counter, then grab a couple sparkling waters from the fridge. Elbows propped on the counter, my best friend Naomi McGinnis peers at me over her phone. “He seriously sent a list? Like specific questions?” I open the email app on my phone, pull up his message, and lower my voice to impersonate Pax.