I needed. First, everything had happened with Haden. I had given him my virginity, only to find out that he had been lying to me since the day I met him. Then, everything happened with Mom. If there was ever a person that deserved a drink right then—it was me.
“You’ll never guess who pulled into the parking lot just ahead of me,” Huck said, then, breaking the simple blissfulness of my thoughts.
Just as I was about to ask what he was talking about, there was a parting in the crowd between me and the bar. It occurred to me that it must have been something like Moses parting the Red Sea. My eyes locked onto something—someone—and I knew what Huck was talking about.
Haden stood against the bar, leaning into it. He was wearing a tight, black, button-up shirt, and one of his usual pair of tight blue jeans. Muscles twitched in his arms as he leaned forward and ordered a drink.
For a second, the fuzziness in my head intensified. My eyes leered at him in a lustful way, forgetting everything that had happened between us. He looked sizzlingly hot standing here. Visions of his body pressing down on me flashed in my mind. I could see myself with him, again. I remembered the feel of his body as he twitched and convulsed against me.
Beads of sweat bristled to my forehead. My eyes didn’t want to look away—they couldn’t look away. For a long second, there was nothing else in that bar except the two of us.
“Who’s that?” Sarah said, her voice cutting through the haze.
I shook my head, trying to focus.
A girl leaned into him at the bar, whispering something in his ear. He smiled at her, and whispered something back, and she laughed. A finger ran through her hair as she looked up at him, and his eyes focused on her too long for my liking.
Heat boiled to my forehead, now. In one fluid motion, I grabbed Sarah’s drink from the table and drank it all. The warm liquid flowed through me, but the liquid fire wasn’t as hot this time. I slammed the empty glass on the table, letting out loud crack. Sarah and Huck jumped, startled by the loud sound.
Sarah’s eyes locked on mine, curious and horrified. “Do you know who that is?” she asked.
I shook my head.
“No,” I said, low and threatening. “But, I’m going to find out.”
Chapter 9
My feet were heavy as I slid off the stool. They were even heavier when I picked them up and tried to make them work for me. I grew frustrated that they weren’t doing what I told them to do.
“Maggie, what are you doing?” Sarah asked. She jumped around Huck and came to my side.
“I’m going to go find out who that is,” I said, jabbing a finger toward the brunette with her hands all over Haden.
“This isn’t a good idea, Maggie,” Sarah said, her voice concerned. “You’re not thinking straight.”
“I’m thinking just fine,” I said, my voice rising in pitch. “I’m thinking that Haden has a little girl on the side already.” My eyes narrowed at him. “I’m just going to go meet Slutty McSlut-Slut and give them both a piece of my mind.”
I put one foot in front of the other, forcing myself to remain upright with each step. The asshole had told me he loved me only a few hours ago, and now he was already out with someone new. I didn’t realize I could be replaced so easily. She was some exotic looking thing with long, brown hair and even longer legs. I had long legs, why wasn’t he there with me ?
Almost there, keep it together.
Something snagged my foot, and I nearly tripped. Sarah grabbed my arm, and held me upright, but not before I let out a yelp of surprise. Haden must have heard it, too, because his head jerked around, and his eyes locked right one me.
“Maggie?” he said, his brow pinching together. He studied me for a long second, as I tried to pull myself together. My legs were wobbly, but I straightened them in an authoritative way. “Maggie, what are you doing here?” he said.
“What am I doing here? What are you doing here,” I
“You’ll never guess who pulled into the parking lot just ahead of me,” Huck said, then, breaking the simple blissfulness of my thoughts.
Just as I was about to ask what he was talking about, there was a parting in the crowd between me and the bar. It occurred to me that it must have been something like Moses parting the Red Sea. My eyes locked onto something—someone—and I knew what Huck was talking about.
Haden stood against the bar, leaning into it. He was wearing a tight, black, button-up shirt, and one of his usual pair of tight blue jeans. Muscles twitched in his arms as he leaned forward and ordered a drink.
For a second, the fuzziness in my head intensified. My eyes leered at him in a lustful way, forgetting everything that had happened between us. He looked sizzlingly hot standing here. Visions of his body pressing down on me flashed in my mind. I could see myself with him, again. I remembered the feel of his body as he twitched and convulsed against me.
Beads of sweat bristled to my forehead. My eyes didn’t want to look away—they couldn’t look away. For a long second, there was nothing else in that bar except the two of us.
“Who’s that?” Sarah said, her voice cutting through the haze.
I shook my head, trying to focus.
A girl leaned into him at the bar, whispering something in his ear. He smiled at her, and whispered something back, and she laughed. A finger ran through her hair as she looked up at him, and his eyes focused on her too long for my liking.
Heat boiled to my forehead, now. In one fluid motion, I grabbed Sarah’s drink from the table and drank it all. The warm liquid flowed through me, but the liquid fire wasn’t as hot this time. I slammed the empty glass on the table, letting out loud crack. Sarah and Huck jumped, startled by the loud sound.
Sarah’s eyes locked on mine, curious and horrified. “Do you know who that is?” she asked.
I shook my head.
“No,” I said, low and threatening. “But, I’m going to find out.”
Chapter 9
My feet were heavy as I slid off the stool. They were even heavier when I picked them up and tried to make them work for me. I grew frustrated that they weren’t doing what I told them to do.
“Maggie, what are you doing?” Sarah asked. She jumped around Huck and came to my side.
“I’m going to go find out who that is,” I said, jabbing a finger toward the brunette with her hands all over Haden.
“This isn’t a good idea, Maggie,” Sarah said, her voice concerned. “You’re not thinking straight.”
“I’m thinking just fine,” I said, my voice rising in pitch. “I’m thinking that Haden has a little girl on the side already.” My eyes narrowed at him. “I’m just going to go meet Slutty McSlut-Slut and give them both a piece of my mind.”
I put one foot in front of the other, forcing myself to remain upright with each step. The asshole had told me he loved me only a few hours ago, and now he was already out with someone new. I didn’t realize I could be replaced so easily. She was some exotic looking thing with long, brown hair and even longer legs. I had long legs, why wasn’t he there with me ?
Almost there, keep it together.
Something snagged my foot, and I nearly tripped. Sarah grabbed my arm, and held me upright, but not before I let out a yelp of surprise. Haden must have heard it, too, because his head jerked around, and his eyes locked right one me.
“Maggie?” he said, his brow pinching together. He studied me for a long second, as I tried to pull myself together. My legs were wobbly, but I straightened them in an authoritative way. “Maggie, what are you doing here?” he said.
“What am I doing here? What are you doing here,” I
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