Enjoy the Ride by Dr. Rebecca Sharp

Author:Dr. Rebecca Sharp [Sharp, Rebecca]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Winter Games, Book 3
Publisher: Dr. Rebecca Sharp
Published: 2018-12-10T16:00:00+00:00

I WATCHED FROM DOWN IN the kitchen as Jessa woke up and moved back and forth between Ally’s room and the bathroom upstairs. It was pretty early and I had a good feeling that she thought I was still sleeping.

Not after last night.

After we came in, the snow started to cover the world in a cold blanket of white. Since my room was in the basement with a glass door that led outside, it had turned into a fucking freezer down there in under an hour. Great for freezing my balls into not thinking about anything—or anyone—else, which was all they wanted to do: think about the first time I’d fucked Jessa there… And every other time I’d fucked her there.

But it wasn’t so great for trying to get at least a few hours of shut-eye. So, I’d ended up on the couch—away from the cold and away from the recollections.

I poured the fresh coffee into a Florida mug that my parents had brought here for Christmas one year. Why? I couldn’t tell you; there were a thousand goddamn mugs in the cupboard. My mother had a serious problem.

I inhaled the caffeine. There was a slim chance that the smell of the freshly brewed coffee might give away that I was up already, but it was unlikely. Smiling to myself, I walked over to take a seat at the kitchen counter, only then noticing that the invitation to the Winter X Games (that Channing had competed in posing as me) still hung on the fridge. I ripped it down, crumbing it in my hand.

What a fucking waste.

A fire pit would have been preferable, but the trash can would have to do for now. I threw the piece of paper away and took a seat at the kitchen counter. This was exactly why I hadn’t come back here—the sense of everything about my past life, everything that I lost, enveloped me. Memories with my family—parents: gone, Channing: gone, Ally: gone. Not so bad if I’d had snowboarding to keep me company, but the closest I’d come to the sport since I moved back was throwing that damn paper away.

And all of this—all of this misery—I’d confided to her last night. I thought I’d be able to avoid it; I thought I’d be able to stick to something superficial. I should have known she’d draw the deeper truths out of me like sucking venom out of a snakebite.

I looked over at the trash. Even the moment of anger I felt throwing the damn invitation away was mild compared to what it would have been a month ago—hell, what it would have been a week ago.

Sitting down, I took a long sip of the black coffee and stared out into the snow that still fell outside. Sugar and cream were pointless additions in my opinion. My ears—and my pulse—perked up as I heard soft footsteps on the stairs. Yeah, she definitely thought I was still asleep downstairs.

She turned the corner into the kitchen.

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