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clear to me. Kelly cheated on Brian by sleeping with Adam and then wound up pregnant—end of story.
My eyes scan the tourists ambling by the front window of the cafe. They’re smiling and happy, unaffected by the drama that’s going on inside. I wish I could be carefree again. In the span of twenty-four hours, my whole life has turned upside down. I found out Adam exists…and he had sex with my cousin. Now tell me, what are the odds of that?
My head is throbbing mercilessly. I squint when the pain gets to be too much to handle and I almost miss the hooded figure darting through the crowd. Pushing my stool away from the counter, I make a feeble excuse that I need some air and receive some puzzled looks as I rush out the door, the bell clanging behind me. None of them know about Adam and me, and I intend to keep it that way. Only his mother appears to read more into my sudden departure than the rest, but I try to ignore her worried glance. The person I’m after has already rounded the corner. There’s no time to waste.
“Jada, wait up!”
Her spine goes rigid when she realizes who’s calling her. She stops but doesn’t face me. She’s not going to go easy on me. She’s as stubborn as they come.
Panting, I reach her side, but she continues to focus on something in the distance, acting like I’m not even there. I wouldn’t say that I’m afraid of her, but she definitely intimidates me. She has such an imposing presence for someone so small. I feel inconsequential standing next to her, even though we’re roughly the same height. She’s eerily calm while I’m at my wit’s end.
“What did you do to incite Brian, Jada?” She flinches, not expecting my line of questioning. “Because he was fine until he spent the night with you.”
“You little bitch,” is all she says, and I immediately know I’m in trouble. “How dare you throw shit in my face when you don’t even know what the hell you’re talking about.”
“But he was going to go through with it until you convinced him otherwise. What did you say to him, huh? Did you fuck him to get back at Adam for kissing me?” I don’t normally use language like that, but if she’s going to view me as an equal, I have to meet her on her turf.
She wheels around, glaring at me. “Sorry to disappoint you, but I’m not like your cousin. I don’t double dip when it comes to the O’Malley boys.”
“But you want to disrupt whatever’s going on between Adam and me, and a surefire way of doing that was working Brian over.” I stop when she yanks the sleeve of my dress, pulling me into an adjacent alley.
“Why are you so concerned about Brian anyway?” Jada narrows her eyes at me.
“I’m not, but maybe everybody would be better off if you hadn’t conned Brian into blurting out the truth.” I glance around nervously, wondering if we’re going to get into a brawl or something.
“You mean you’d be better off.” She smirks, lowering her hood.
“And so would that baby. Did you ever think of that?” My blood is raging through my veins. If she’s ready to throw down, then so am I. “How can you be so selfish?”
“That’s rich coming from you.” She watches me tug at my bandage as it starts to slip down my forehead. “Jesus, come here and let me fix it. You’re driving me crazy.”
Spinning me around, she unfastens the back of the gauze then refastens it snugly against my head. “You don’t have to do this, you know,” I mutter.
“I know. It’s second nature. Just part of the job.” She taps me on the shoulder to indicate she’s done. “There, good as new. Adam usually sucks when it comes to securing a bandage properly.”
Her frank assessment of his skills makes me chuckle. “He sucks at a lot of things, doesn’t he?”
“He sure does.” And for some reason, it feels like we’re talking about a whole lot more than bandages.
“How long have you known about the baby?” I ask, anxiously awaiting her response.
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My eyes scan the tourists ambling by the front window of the cafe. They’re smiling and happy, unaffected by the drama that’s going on inside. I wish I could be carefree again. In the span of twenty-four hours, my whole life has turned upside down. I found out Adam exists…and he had sex with my cousin. Now tell me, what are the odds of that?
My head is throbbing mercilessly. I squint when the pain gets to be too much to handle and I almost miss the hooded figure darting through the crowd. Pushing my stool away from the counter, I make a feeble excuse that I need some air and receive some puzzled looks as I rush out the door, the bell clanging behind me. None of them know about Adam and me, and I intend to keep it that way. Only his mother appears to read more into my sudden departure than the rest, but I try to ignore her worried glance. The person I’m after has already rounded the corner. There’s no time to waste.
“Jada, wait up!”
Her spine goes rigid when she realizes who’s calling her. She stops but doesn’t face me. She’s not going to go easy on me. She’s as stubborn as they come.
Panting, I reach her side, but she continues to focus on something in the distance, acting like I’m not even there. I wouldn’t say that I’m afraid of her, but she definitely intimidates me. She has such an imposing presence for someone so small. I feel inconsequential standing next to her, even though we’re roughly the same height. She’s eerily calm while I’m at my wit’s end.
“What did you do to incite Brian, Jada?” She flinches, not expecting my line of questioning. “Because he was fine until he spent the night with you.”
“You little bitch,” is all she says, and I immediately know I’m in trouble. “How dare you throw shit in my face when you don’t even know what the hell you’re talking about.”
“But he was going to go through with it until you convinced him otherwise. What did you say to him, huh? Did you fuck him to get back at Adam for kissing me?” I don’t normally use language like that, but if she’s going to view me as an equal, I have to meet her on her turf.
She wheels around, glaring at me. “Sorry to disappoint you, but I’m not like your cousin. I don’t double dip when it comes to the O’Malley boys.”
“But you want to disrupt whatever’s going on between Adam and me, and a surefire way of doing that was working Brian over.” I stop when she yanks the sleeve of my dress, pulling me into an adjacent alley.
“Why are you so concerned about Brian anyway?” Jada narrows her eyes at me.
“I’m not, but maybe everybody would be better off if you hadn’t conned Brian into blurting out the truth.” I glance around nervously, wondering if we’re going to get into a brawl or something.
“You mean you’d be better off.” She smirks, lowering her hood.
“And so would that baby. Did you ever think of that?” My blood is raging through my veins. If she’s ready to throw down, then so am I. “How can you be so selfish?”
“That’s rich coming from you.” She watches me tug at my bandage as it starts to slip down my forehead. “Jesus, come here and let me fix it. You’re driving me crazy.”
Spinning me around, she unfastens the back of the gauze then refastens it snugly against my head. “You don’t have to do this, you know,” I mutter.
“I know. It’s second nature. Just part of the job.” She taps me on the shoulder to indicate she’s done. “There, good as new. Adam usually sucks when it comes to securing a bandage properly.”
Her frank assessment of his skills makes me chuckle. “He sucks at a lot of things, doesn’t he?”
“He sure does.” And for some reason, it feels like we’re talking about a whole lot more than bandages.
“How long have you known about the baby?” I ask, anxiously awaiting her response.
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