Double Attraction (Gemini Taboo Romance Series Book 1) by Branford Lauren

Author:Branford, Lauren [Branford, Lauren]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-02-01T08:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SIX

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Arianna

[continued]

When I arrived at Mickey’s, the place was nearly empty except for a couple of bartenders and an already drunk waitress. I ordered a few beers while I sat by myself, waiting for more people to arrive.

My mind was restless as I sat alone. I didn’t want to tell my sister about what happened, but she left me with little choice. Sooner or later, she would have to face the truth. Meanwhile, I would be in shambles at the bar, only proving that I was a mess that no one felt like cleaning up.

After I had ordered my fourth beer, I felt a sting of emotion sweltering in my chest. The rejection was a harsh burn that I had been healing from after my mother and I lost touch. Though Brea remained hopeful, I knew that my relationship with my mother would never pick back up again.

“Everything all right?” asked a man’s calm sounding voice. It was much sweeter than I would expect to hear in Mickey’s. I spun my chair around to see Rhett sitting on the barstool next to me. His face was more handsome than I remembered as he looked at me with a concerned expression.

“Hey, you,” I said before I swigged out of my glass. “What’s... shakin’...”

“Are you drunk?” he smiled.

“No... I’m not,” I said, though, after as many beers I had on an empty stomach, it seemed entirely possible.

“Why are you crying?” he asked.

“Nothing out of the usual,” I said before giving a little sniffle. Rhett handed me his handkerchief, and I used it to dry my eyes. “My mother, my father, and now my sister all pretty much hate me. Soon I’m going to be homeless, living in a van down by the river.”

“I don’t think it’ll be that bad,” he said with a jesting undertone.

“Want anything?” the bartender asked Rhett.

“Whatever she’s having,” Rhett replied. “Just much less of it.” I laughed a little at his joke, but the bartender didn’t seem to find it as comical.

“I thought it was funny,” I admitted as Rhett grabbed his beer.

“Just trying to cheer you up,” he said. “So why does everyone hate you?”

“Because I screw everything up,” I said without telling him about the incident. I wanted to forget what happened after college so that I could move on with my life though none of that seemed possible. “But now I’m just a mooch living under the iron grip of my perfect, inconsiderate twin sister.”

“Oh, so you’re a twin?” Rhett asked.

“Yep,” I hiccupped. “What a curse.”

“When I was a kid, I wished that I had a twin.”

“Why the hell would you want that?”

“I was the black sheep of the family,” he explained. “I have an older brother and a younger one. Both of them are smart guys who my parents always bragged to the neighbors about. I, on the other hand, got into drinking and later drugs. I used to figure that if I had someone like me in the family, I wouldn’t be such a loner.

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