A Sudden Crush by Isley Camilla

Author:Isley, Camilla [Isley, Camilla]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3, mobi
Publisher: Pink Bloom Press
Published: 2016-02-04T04:00:00+00:00

26

Twice as Ugly

After my night with the girls, I spend my first weeks at home in the same pajama bottoms and t-shirt, entrenched in the guesthouse in utter isolation. I occasionally emerge for a meal every now and then, but I mostly stay in alone. Katy and Ashlynn drop by a couple of times every week for an hour or so, but those are my only social interactions. It takes a while, but eventually I grow tired of crying myself to sleep every night and of spending my days stalking Liam and his wife on the Internet. I even Googled Connor in my desperation. I only found a Facebook profile that looks like an abandoned house. I almost sent him a friend request, but then changed my mind. I’d like to stay friends with him, but maybe he doesn’t want to. I wouldn’t want to be friends with me right now. Anyway, yesterday I called my boss Ada and asked her to meet me to discuss my return to the office.

Books are what I love, and if anything is going to make me feel better, it’s getting back to work and getting lost in somebody else’s fictional life. We’re supposed to meet in thirty minutes for lunch. I didn’t want to meet her at the office in case there were paparazzi there waiting for me, so we’re going to a nice restaurant near Lincoln Park. No, I didn’t get a big head here. I know that usually writers are less subject to the public’s interest and don’t appear as often in the gossip columns. But throw in a number one bestseller, a plane crash, a Victoria’s Secret model, and a wife who returns from the dead, and you have the recipe for a nationwide scandal that is making the media crazy. And yeah, the bastard is selling more books than ever.

My worst moment through all this media frenzy was a couple of days ago when I saw a slide show of a wedding pictures smack down. It was a me-vs-the-angel neck and neck. It was shocking enough to see my wedding pictures for the first time, but to have to watch them side by side to theirs was unbearable. Our wedding photographer must have leaked the photos to the press. They must’ve paid him a lot, too. I should sue the vulture, but I have enough negative energies in my life as is.

When I arrive at Summer House, I leave my car with the restaurant’s valet and a hostess immediately shows me inside, informing me that the person I’m meeting has already arrived. When Ada sees me coming toward her she gets up from her booth, gives me a huge smile, and greets me with a cheery, “Honey, it’s so nice to see you all in one piece!” Which chills me to the bone, as I instantly recognize her I-am-about-to-reject-your-manuscript slash you-have-to-rewrite-your-entire-novel-if-you-want-me-to-publish-it tone.

“Hi Ada,” I say in a subdued voice. “Great to see you, too.”

“Joan, you look wonderful. Your hair is unbelievable.

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