Don't Let Go: A Full Hearts Novella by MJ Summers

Author:MJ Summers
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Publisher: Gretz Corp (July 22, 2014)
Published: 2014-07-19T07:00:00+00:00

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The next evening Ben arrived at Alicia’s house shortly after suppertime. He hadn’t called first. He had been restless and angry all day, wanting to go see her but not wanting to want that. Something about the sight of her in that little dress with that asshole all over her had flipped on a switch in him, illuminating feelings that he had been trying to stuff away for years.

He stood in front of her house in the cold chill of the evening air, flipping the keys in his hand for a long minute before walking up the sidewalk. Ben shook his head, then started to walk back down the steps when he heard the door open behind him. He turned to see Alicia’s father standing in the doorway, his massive arms folded across his broad chest.

“Ben.” He nodded. His expression was that of a man who was thoroughly unimpressed with what he saw. His crewcut was shaped perfectly, adding to the intimidating quality that was the army officer’s most notable feature. “Alicia’s not here. She went out.”

Ben looked down for a moment, remembering what he looked like now, with his nose still swollen and both eyes black. He shouldn’t have come. “Mr. Williams. Sorry to disturb your evening, sir. I was just leaving.”

“You must’ve come here for something, Ben.”

“Yeah. No,” he mumbled as he turned toward his truck. Turning back he said, “I don’t know. There’s just this guy that Alicia met last night that she should stay away from. I just wanted to tell her that.”

Mr. Williams gave Ben a hard look and took a step outside. “Who? Mark seemed like a nice kid.”

“Mark? Who’s Mark?” Ben asked. “I was talking about a guy I saw her talking to, Eric.”

“Well, I don’t know anything about any Eric but a nice young man named Mark picked her up a few minutes ago. College student. Very polite.”

Ben felt like he had been hit by a train. “Oh, well, good. That’s good. I better go. Sorry to have disturbed you.”

Ben strode quickly around the front of his old blue pickup and unlocked the driver’s door.

“Good night, Ben.”

“Night, sir.”

Ben pulled away from the curb carefully, knowing Mr. Williams would be watching him. Shit. She was out on a date with some college guy. Of course he had missed his chance. He couldn’t expect to leave a girl like Alicia behind for more than three years and find her still waiting for him while he chased a dream that didn’t look like it was ever going to happen now. She had always been, in his mind, that perfect girl that no one else could quite measure up to. A nagging feeling followed him around whenever he dated other girls or thought of her. That feeling was regret. Now as he drove aimlessly through the streets of Colorado Springs, he realized that he didn’t even know why he had gone over to see her. Good for her if she was moving on. He had told her to.

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