Cake by Carmen Jenner

Author:Carmen Jenner [Jenner, Carmen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Carmen Jenner
Published: 2018-02-28T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eighteen

Douchebags who wander

Poppy

I race toward the terminal, the garment bag with the gown inside thrown over my arms and shoulder. Many times on the cab ride here I’ve thought of slashing it, throwing it out the window, accidentally puking on it, or putting it up for auction on eBay. I haven’t done any of those things, obviously, but I sure as hell want to. I’m going to miss my plane. God, I do not want to get on that plane, but my job is at stake.

I saw the disappointment in Jacinta’s gaze when I told her I couldn’t attend the wedding. I also saw the delight in Katherine’s. After that meeting I went home, consumed a bottle of wine, ate a whole baker’s dozen of Magnolia Cupcakes, puked up the contents of my stomach, and resolved to put on my big-girl panties and see this wedding through ’til the end. Plus, Katherine had been gloating all week at the office, and she was not getting my promotion.

I will not miss my plane.

I will not miss my plane.

I will not miss my plane.

Though, would it really be the worst thing if I did? It’d mean I’d get to go back to bed with my new friend the head cold. I could curl up with Sam, Dean, and Cas, and watch Supernatural from start to finish, and I wouldn’t have to look at Claire and Chase’s lying faces ever again. Not the worst thing ever—though there would no doubt be questions. My mother would be calling me every five seconds until I answered. I could always get a new phone? But despite Jacinta giving me a free pass, I’d lose my shot at that promotion, and as much as I love my job, I cannot work under Katherine again. Ever. Besides—thanks to Katherine forgetting to pick it up—I have the wedding gown, and as tempting as it is to throw it onto the tarmac, I have a job to do.

I dash up to the gate just as the hostess is gathering her things. Beyond her, the doors to the jetway are closed, despite there being another twenty minutes until departure. “Please,” I pant collapsing against the counter in a heap. I really need to work on my cardio. “I have to get on that flight.”

“I’m sorry, ma’am, they’ve already closed the doors.”

“No, you don’t understand.” I sniff, digging around in my pocket for a Kleenex. I hold my finger up to indicate that she should wait as my body is wracked with one sneeze after the other. “If I’m not on that plane I lose my job, Katherine will get that promotion, my family will never forgive me, and neither will my so-called best friend, not to mention that it will look deliberate because my ex-fiancé is marrying my ex-best friend, and the groomsman is a jackass who I’ll be forced to see every holiday when our parents get together, and I really can’t afford to miss that flight.” Sneeze. Cough. The woman glares at me as if I’ve lost my damn mind.

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