A Piece of Heaven: A Reverse Harem Contemporary Romance (The Allendale Four) by Angel Lawson

Author:Angel Lawson [Lawson, Angel]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-05-17T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

The lighting of the room was the first giveaway that I wasn’t in my own bed. The smell—antiseptic combined with bleach—was the second. I turned my head and found my mom asleep in the hard chair crammed in the tight space between the window and the bed.

I looked down and saw the gown with tiny blue dots and the monitor strapped to my wrist. How did I get here? What happened?

“Heaven?” my mom called, and I turned back to face her.

“Hey Mom.” I touched the monitor. “What happened?”

“You tell me, sweetie.” She’d hopped out of her seat and was leaning over my body, brushing my hair out of my eyes. “You were at the library and passed out. The doctors think it was another anxiety attack.”

It wasn’t the first major one I’d had. There were a few right after Dad left. The fear of never seeing him again and moving to a new school was just too much. I dropped into the darkness of cutting. But that was a long time ago. I was better.

I glanced around the room, the sure sign that I was not better.

“I just got overwhelmed.” I remembered Anderson leaving—storming out of the library with Jackson hot on his heels. Of course, Jackson picked Anderson. And of course, Anderson wasn’t into this whole thing. Who would be? Dating four guys wasn’t possible even if we were a perfect match. It was disgusting. Gross. Deviant.

It was crazy. I was crazy, and when they’d left me, the idea of being alone almost killed me.

I picked at the tape on my wrist and swallowed my tears. I’d been a pro at hiding my emotions for so long, but then he boys had lulled me into a sense of comfort. I wouldn’t make that mistake again.

“I’ll call the school and make an appointment with your counselor. Lighten your load.” Mom smiled at me. She was always a fixer.

“Chem. With Mr. Baker, that’s the class I’d like to be removed from.”

Lines crossed her forehead. “Chemistry? That’s always been one of your best subjects.”

“Mom…”

“Right, sweetie. I understand.” A shadow crossed the window in the door and my mom glanced up. “Oh, you have a visitor. A few, actually. Jackson is here and that other boy that drove you to the party that night. You didn’t tell me you’d made other new friends.”

New friends. The word tasted bitter on my tongue.

“They’re just some boys from school—Jackson’s friends, really. It’s not a big deal.”

She gave me a weird look. “They’ve been out there since the ambulance got here. Prowling around out there like cats in a cage. I think you mean more to them than you realize.”

I looked at the ceiling, willing the tears not to fall.

“Tell them I’m fine.”

“Heaven…you know it’s okay to let people in.”

No. It wasn’t. It hurt too much.

“Tell them to go. I’m fine. They don’t need to worry about me.”

My mother, who was notorious for not always being around, who is flighty at times and a little clueless, knows me better than anyone.

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