Dear Diary by Nancy Bush

Author:Nancy Bush
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Romance
Published: 2012-05-15T05:00:00+00:00

DEAR DIARY — NANCY BUSH

Chapter Eight

… Hey, I’m sorry you and Jenny didn’t make it. Really. Divorce is no fun. But, Nick, you always pick the wrong type of woman. You know that, right? This isn’t a news flash. Not that I have any answers in the romance department. No one would accuse me of that. Oh, well, next time you’re in Seattle, I’ll buy you a beer and tell you all your faults. Until then, be good. Or at least be careful.

Rory

Nick smoothed out the crumpled letter, his lips twisting into a smile. He’d found the hard copy of it in a box of junk he hadn’t unpacked yet. Rory had emailed it soon after his divorce, but he’d never written back. He couldn’t remember why now, but it had seemed important at the time.

There were other forgotten memories inside the box as well, like this old photograph album. Flipping it open, he scanned pictures from grade school and high school and college. There were some shots of his wedding, too, though most of those pictures were in a separate album that Jenny had taken when she’d left. Now he stared hard at Jenny and tried to remember what he’d found so compelling about her.

His gaze stopped over one photo. He and Rory were dancing at the reception and he was kissing her. It was clear he was laughing, but she looked uncomfortable and annoyed. It also reminded him of kissing her in her bed yesterday morning and a prickle of awareness slid over his skin.

Taking the photo from the album, he suddenly remembered another picture. Setting the box on the edge of his bed, he searched through the rest of his boyhood junk: old soccer trophies from the fourth grade, baseball cards, a get-well card signed by all his buddies after he broke his arm and had to miss the end of the season soccer party. At the bottom of the box, smudged by years of neglect was the photograph he was looking for, he and Rory in her bathroom after that fight on the path outside Brentwood elementary. His eyes were practically swollen shut; Rory didn’t look much better. Her face was puffy and her brown hair was dusty gray and wild. Their arms were around each other and their chins were both lifted up defiantly. They were grinning, daring the viewer to take his best shot.

Nick slipped the two pictures into his wallet. Rory would get a kick out of them, he thought, smiling. His smile slowly faded as he remembered her in his arms. For a few moments he’d lost his head, almost forgetting he was with Rory. But now, by God, he was fully aware. Rory. He’d wanted her as long as he could remember. He’d settled for friendship, but it had only been because of her rejection, and now, now, with the memory of her limbs stirring beneath his, the taste of her mouth on his tongue, the light, fast pounding of her heart… .

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