Dirty Roomie by Alycia Taylor

Author:Alycia Taylor [Taylor, Alycia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-03-03T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Four

Blaire

Ryan and I sat in the living room, looking at the magazine. We tried to keep it light hearted and joked about the fact that we had no idea that we were married, but it wasn’t easy. There was a strangeness to everything that had been going on lately. Perhaps nothing was even related to one another, but it all just piled up on top of one another to make it seem so. Between the phone calls, the knocking, Ryan’s diagnosis, and now this magazine headline, life just seemed all too much.

“Wasn’t life much simpler when we were in Seattle eating hot dogs?” I said.

Ryan sighed. “Much simpler. Maybe that’s what we should do. Retire somewhere far away and open up a little hot dog stand.”

“Yeah. We can eat hot dogs all day and get so fat that people stop recognizing us. You know, it’s not a bad idea.”

Ryan laughed. “Think we’d get sick of the hot dogs?”

“Not if we hired those same chefs from the Seattle branch. I think there’s some sort of drug in that food that makes it addictive. Man, this whole thing is so weird. So, what’s the plan now?”

“I definitely want you to come back with me still.”

“Are you sure?” I asked. I didn’t want to put him in an awkward position with the media now. “I mean, all eyes are going to be on us because of this magazine article. If you’d prefer me not to come and stay with you, I totally understand.”

He shook his head. “I honestly don’t care. If there’s one thing I’ve never worried about its what the media thought of me. I’ve had a lot of bad things being said about me in the past, and I’ve just ignored it. This is just another one of those things. Right now the only thing I worry about is you. So, why don’t you pack some things? I need to go and see Nick and tell him what’s been going on, so is there any chance you think Katie might come around?”

I nodded. “I’m glad you’re going to talk to Nick. And yeah, I don’t see why not. Let me call her quickly.”

I called Katie and asked her if she wouldn’t mind coming over. She seemed delighted and wanted to know all about what had happened in Seattle. She said she would be over within the next half hour.

“She’s a good friend,” Ryan said.

I grinned. “She sure is.”

We waited until she arrived, and then Ryan headed out to see Nick. I felt so bad that he had to deal with my issues on top of the issues he was dealing with himself. I figured that at least it gave him something else to think about, but I couldn’t imagine how stressed out he must be. He’d been dreading this conversation with Nick ever since he’d come back from his appointment with Reed.

“Thanks so much for coming over, Katie. And it’s good to see you again,” Ryan said to Katie when she arrived.

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