Enemies and Playmates by Darcia Helle

Author:Darcia Helle [Helle, Darcia]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Literature & Fiction, Mystery; Thriller & Suspense, Mystery, Private Investigators, Romance, Romantic Suspense, Mystery & Suspense, Suspense
ISBN: 1442187697
Amazon: B002ECEKBW
Published: 2009-06-08T04:00:00+00:00

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Lauren stomped around her room for a few minutes. She needed to get out of this house. Now. She’d like to walk away forever but guilt kept her living there. What if something happened to her mother once she’d moved out?

She dialed Jesse’s cell phone. After four rings, his voice mail picked up. Lauren disconnected the call. No sense in leaving a message. He was probably busy and she had nothing particularly important to say. She’d be seeing him later, anyway.

She went back to pacing her room. Ten more minutes of that and she knew she needed to get out. At least for awhile. She grabbed her keys and crept like a criminal out to the front door. The last thing she needed was to bump into her father on her way out. Her nerves were so frayed that one more confrontation would surely snap her in two. Hopefully a drive would relax her.

She was stepping onto the driveway when a familiar voice startled her. “Lauren, can we please talk?” Gina quietly asked.

Lauren spun around. Gina stood less than three feet from her. Carrie stood by her side. Lauren glared at Carrie. She felt betrayed. “I have nothing to say to you,” she said.

“It’s important,” Carrie said. “Please?”

A tear slid down Gina’s cheek. In all the years they’d been friends, Lauren had never seen Gina cry. Lauren remained still a moment. She wished she could hate Gina. But she couldn’t. She motioned toward her car. “Get in,” she said.

Lauren drove to a nearby pub. The girls picked a table in a quiet corner and ordered drinks. They waited in silence for the waitress to serve them.

“I know this mess isn’t entirely your fault,” Lauren said to Gina. “That doesn’t mean that I could ever forgive you.”

“I’m so sorry,” Gina said. “I honestly fell in love with him. He told me he loved me, too. It just sort of happened. He said we were meant to be together.”

“He’s a lying bastard,” Lauren said. “He’s just using you.”

Gina choked back a sob. “I always felt guilty about you… About your mom. But he kept promising me that it would all work out.”

“I don’t want to hear this,” Lauren said. “I can’t.”

Lauren started to get up but Carrie grabbed her hand. “Wait,” she said. “It’s really important that you listen to the rest.”

“You don’t know him like I do,” Lauren said. “You’d never understand.”

“I’m pregnant,” Gina said.

Lauren sank back onto her chair. “His baby?”

Gina nodded. Tears flooded her eyes. “I thought he’d take care of me,” she said. “Of us.”

“You told him?”

“Yes.”

“What did he say?”

Gina shrank back against her chair. She shook her head and stifled a sob. Carrie spoke for her. “He told her to get an abortion.”

“Is that what you want?” Lauren asked Gina.

“No.” Gina took a napkin and wiped her eyes. “He told me I had to do it because this baby would ruin everything. He was angry because it was my responsibility to keep from getting pregnant. I was on the pill.

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