Can't Let Go by Chrissy Brown

Author:Chrissy Brown [Brown, Chrissy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-01-01T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 22

Mallory

Sitting on the sticky floor of the handicapped stall in the bathroom isn’t where I thought I’d end up tonight. Yet, here I am crying my eyes out, ruining the makeup that I worked so hard to make perfect.

“Mallory? You in here?” a voice calls out to me. “It’s Jess.”

I suck in a breath, desperate to choke back my tears and be as quiet as possible.

“I know you’re in here. I can hear your sniffling.” Jess pushes on the stall doors until she reaches the one I’m in. The lock clangs as it rears against itself. She bends down, sticking her head under the door. “Open up or I’m crawling under.”

Refusing to look at her, I sit still as a statue. With a huff, she crawls under the door and finds herself a place on the ground beside me.

“Seriously, I need a shower now. This floor is nasty,” Jess says, wiping her hands on her pants as if that would magically make the germs disappear.

A laugh escapes me between sobs. Jess puts an arm around me and I let my head fall onto her shoulder. She doesn’t try to talk. Instead, she sits there letting me cry until I run out of tears.

“He likes you, a lot,” Jess says, her hands running through my curls.

“Who?”

“Beau.”

I shake my head. “He probably thinks I’m a slut for kissing Kevin.”

Jess pulls back, forcing me look at her. “No, he doesn’t. He was just mad and everyone knows that kiss was all Kevin. I told you, he’s a dog.”

“More like a pig,” I mumble.

If knowing this was all Kevin’s fault was supposed to make me feel better, it doesn’t. I’m now just one of the many girls Kevin’s kissed and passed on to his friends. Great, I’m sloppy seconds! I burry my face in my arms and ugly cry again.

“I’ve been around a few years now,” Jess says, “and I’ve never seen Beau try this hard. He’s done nothing but drill Shannon about you all week.”

I sniffle and look up at her.

“Beau makes mistakes,” Jess says, wiping tears from my cheek with the back of her finger. “He’s hot-headed and has a temper like no other, but he is the most amazing guy I’ve ever met. If I wasn’t with Rob, he’s one of the few guys in this county I’d consider being with. Give him another chance.”

Jess pulls a handful of toilet paper from the dispenser beside her. She hands it to me and I blow my nose.

I understand why Beau got mad. Hell, I was just as upset when Big-Boobs kissed him, only I kept it inside. Standing up, I evaluate myself in the mirror. My eyes are bloodshot and puffy and I’ve cried off most of my makeup. Wetting a paper towel, I scrub my face. There’s not much I can do about the rest of my makeup, but at least I don’t have dark circles under my eyes anymore.

“Mallory?” Beau’s voice echoes in the bathroom.

“We’re in here,” Jess calls out.

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