Everything She Desires by Christine L'Amour

Author:Christine L'Amour [L'Amour, Christine]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-07-06T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

Catarina stared sightlessly at the ice cream boxes in front of her.

She had just had to go to São Paulo, not to see Teresa, her amazing girlfriend, but to pick up some stupid cameras that her father had bought online. She had gone halfway to Teresa’s house before she remembered that she was supposed to be heading home, not to her, and the realization had made her so sad and pissed that she decided to pass by the nearest store and get herself some ice cream.

She stared at the wall of dairy products in front of her. She was so tired. She had stayed up doing some bullshit for her father all day, then had to go to work, then had to come do this last stupid thing for her father… she rubbed at one eye.

Teresa was so slow to message her these days, ever since she had started participating in that research with that professor. Catarina knew that was to be expected, but it still chafed at her.

“Catarina?” came a slightly surprised voice.

Oh, the depth of Catarina’s disappointment when she turned and saw that it was Angela who had called her. Not that she had thought it was Teresa—the voice was clearly not hers—but a part of her had still hoped. She smiled stiltedly at the other woman.

“Hi,” she said.

“Nice to see you,” Angela said with a smile. “Are you on your way to see Teresa or something? She didn’t mention that you were visiting…”

Catarina froze.

“Didn’t she?” she asked, smile now clearly forced. “Are you just coming from there or something? She didn’t mention that you were visiting either.”

“I dropped her off from the university,” Angela told her with a smile, as if to say look at how kind I’m being. “I’ve been doing that most days, since we tend to leave the university late, and her roommates are so nice… It’s always nice to spend some time with friends, with how busy everyone always is.”

Catarina was acutely fucking aware of how busy people could be.

“Haha,” Catarina said. “Yeah. She didn’t say you were giving her rides. That’s so nice of you. Must be nice to have these little moments after a whole day of not seeing her.” Catarina wished she could have something like that, see Teresa every day even if for a little while.

Angela winced. “Oops. She didn’t tell you? I’m also a research assistant for Marcus; we’re working together. So, we’re together all day long actually, haha!”

Catarina stilled so completely that her heart stopped for a moment.

“No,” she said. “She didn’t tell me.”

“Maybe she forgot,” Angela said with a shrug, the way someone said when what they meant actually was maybe they just didn’t want to tell you for a reason. Something about her smile made Catarina narrow her eyes. “We’ve been so close these days. I think she’s glad to have someone to talk to about this stuff, the research she loves. It’s nice having a best friend again.”

“Nice,” Catarina repeated, trying not to sound like the word had come from behind gritted teeth.

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