Addie's Adventurer by Amelia C. Adams

Author:Amelia C. Adams [Adams, Amelia C.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-01-26T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Five

The beauty of having a best friend was that there was always someone to tell you that you’d lost your bloomin’ mind when you needed it. Monique listened to Addie ramble on and on for over an hour, fed her chocolate ice cream, tucked her up with a cozy afghan on the couch, and then gave her one of those very Monique looks.

“You’re a mess,” she said bluntly. “An absolute mess. It’s a good thing you have me because people like you should not wander the earth alone.”

“I know,” Addie said miserably, scooting down farther into her blanket. “I can’t believe any of it—what he said, what I said, how I reacted. Oh, my gosh, Mo. I actually stomped off like a little child. Who does that? Especially in the winter when the temperature’s dropping? I could have ended up on the news, and not in a good way.”

“I’m just glad you had enough sense to call me. Someone in this situation needed to be thinking clearly, and it’s obvious that neither you nor Jason were capable of it.”

Jason. Addie didn’t want to think about Jason. She sort of had to, though, because she had to sort through the problem—she couldn’t just ignore it until it went away, even though that sounded heavenly.

“Okay, so, I need to approach this rationally. What’s really going on here?” She sat up a little, deciding it was time to stop being silly and to get a handle on this. “My old boyfriend came to town and told me that he’s still in love with me. He would like to give our relationship another try. Did he have a concrete plan for this? No. He didn’t offer to move here or ask me to go on the road with him. I don’t think he’s thought this through. Be that as it may, he has presented me with the idea of getting back together.”

“Which scares you so badly that you got out of his car and started walking,” Mo said. “Why are you so scared?”

“Now there’s the question. Was I scared, or was I angry? At the time, I felt angry and confused. Now I’m mostly confused—but still some angry.”

“And yet you’re also scared.” Mo lifted a finger when Addie started to protest. “I’ve been listening to you for the last hour, and what I’m hearing is fear smothered in all those other emotions. Let the fear rise to the surface like flotsam in the ocean. Look at it and see what it wants to say.”

“First of all, flotsam’s kind of gross,” Addie said. “It’s usually covered in algae and all kinds of other slimy things.”

“And fear’s gross too. It’s a valid analogy.” Mo shifted her weight and made herself more comfortable on the couch. “Work with me here. What are you scared of?”

Addie forced herself to think about it. “I’m scared of getting hurt again,” she replied. “I’m scared that I’d be putting my trust in something that I already know isn’t trustworthy. And I’m scared that he doesn’t really mean it.

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