Finding Ever After by Stephanie Hoffman McManus

Author:Stephanie Hoffman McManus [Hoffman McManus, Stephanie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2014-03-31T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 20

“Jazz, you ready? We’re leaving in five.” Bas yelled up to my room.

“Yeah, I’ll be down in just a minute.” I hollered back. I finished up my make up with a coat of mascara and took a final look in the mirror. Dark blue Captain America tank with faded blue denim cut off shorts, simple makeup, not overdone and hair pulled into a side braid over my shoulder, I called it good, turned out the light and slipped into my red flip flops.

Bas was waiting at the bottom of the stairs in cargo shorts a blue v-neck and his red BU baseball cap. “Ready to celebrate the independence of this fine nation?”

“Why yes I am sir, lead me to the fried food, cotton candy and carnival games.” I playfully demanded. I was feeling upbeat and looking forward to the Fourth of July festivities.

The band was already there unloading and setting up equipment, Danny and Marcus with them. I hadn’t seen any of them since yesterday evening. When Ace and the others got back they decided to go out to one of the local bars. I was in bed before they got home, and they were already gone when I woke up this morning. Kyden hadn’t tried to sleep in my room since the day he passed out in there drunk. I still wasn’t sure how to be around him. We’d hardly spoken or interacted at all since the hot tub. I wasn’t going out of my way to avoid him, but I didn’t know what to say or how not to make it awkward. It was entirely possible that he was avoiding me, and if that’s how he wanted it, then I would follow his lead.

I was confident that most of the anxiety and distress I’d felt over Kyden was due to my emotions running on high from reliving my nightmare and sharing so much of myself with him. I’d let my emotions get away from me, but after a couple of days I felt more like myself and I was determined not to let it happen again. Sometimes though, all the determination in the world means very little as I would find out later that day.

“Come on Bas, you promised to win me that giant stuffed monkey. I want to see you keep that promise.” I goaded him after he missed, just barely, in his first attempt at one of those rigged carnival games. Five minutes later, after his second try, I walked away grinning and clutching my prize in my arms.

“You realize the amount of money I spent on tickets to win that stupid thing could have bought you two of them?” He asked.

“That is not the point. I wanted mine won.” Pleased with myself and my new aviator wearing monkey, I headed in the direction of the stage. I felt something small land in my hair. I stopped and turned in time to catch Bas launching bits of popcorn like projectiles. I reached out to snatch

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