Accidental Texting: Finding Love despite the Spotlight by Montague Kimberly

Author:Montague, Kimberly [Montague, Kimberly]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: CreateSpace
Published: 2012-10-17T22:00:00+00:00

Vultures

I slept most of the first leg of the flight. In Chicago, I called Cerise. She said she'd already spoken to Stewie and would be at the airport waiting for me. Thankfully, she didn't ask me any questions or push me for information. I had a feeling Stewie had given her all the details.

I was pleasantly surprised to feel pretty numb the whole way home. When I climbed into Cerise's car, it felt familiar and much safer than the world I'd left on the West Coast. Curling up on the seat, I closed my eyes as Cerise patted my hand and sang to the radio.

The rest of the week was all about getting back into my routine. Between Thanksgiving and the mess with S—well, the California mess, it was nice to do regular day-to-day things. I'd spent an entire night crying my eyes out to Cerise and Annalisa when I explained everything to them. Cerise was ready to castrate Sean, but Annalisa stayed quiet when Cerise was bashing him. After a few days, the aching I felt at the mention of his name went from bad to worse. It cut off my breath and made me gasp. Cerise and Annalisa stopped bringing him up entirely. It helped, but at night, in bed alone, I cried myself to sleep thinking about him and wishing I'd never met him in person.

By Friday, Stewie was back. He said hello to me and chatted about mundane things like sports or how the inn was doing, but he didn't bring up Sean. I was happy and disturbed by this. Had Sean gotten over me so soon? But I had to remind myself that I'd asked Stewie not to mention Sean. He was just doing what I wanted. Still, every time I saw Stewie, the thought that Sean had moved on burned in my chest, forcing me to walk away from him and fight through the pain in private. I wanted so much to just sit back and be happy for the completely awesome way Stewie smiled at Annalisa. He was so in love with her. The way he looked into her eyes was like Se—I'm sure a lot of guys loved their girlfriends like that.

On Saturday, Jake and I were hanging Christmas garlands in the dining room when Stewie came in, looking upset.

"Jake, can I have a minute with Morgan?"

I didn't want to be alone with him. I tried to distract myself with the decorations, not looking at him.

Stewie came close to me, but I kept moving away from him. Finally he grabbed my arm lightly. "Please look at me."

I shook my head rapidly. I couldn't. Didn't he understand that I couldn't? I kept my eyes on the silver star in my hand.

"Morgan, please?" The pleading in his voice made it so much worse, but I lifted my gaze and tried so hard to keep the emotions off my face. When he looked hurt, I knew I failed and looked away, crossing my arms over my chest, trying to squeeze away the pain.

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