Flawed Love: House of Obsidian by Bella Jewel & Lauren McKellar

Author:Bella Jewel & Lauren McKellar [Jewel, Bella & McKellar, Lauren]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-07-04T23:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FOURTEEN

THEN – MALI

This is crazy!

We’re at a beach party and it is absolutely packed. It’s the last semester of school before we’re all ready for college, and people are becoming more and more excited with every passing day. We’re all ready for the big, bad world. Rainer and I are planning on going to the same college, which is super, because I don’t imagine I could be parted from him for long. It wouldn’t be the same without him.

“Check out slut-face glaring at you,” Kenny says in my ear, pointing at Missy, who is sitting on a log beside some handsome guy, glaring at me.

I wave with a giant grin on my face, and I can nearly hear her huff of frustration from here.

“You’re evil, and I love it.” Kenny grins, thrusting a cup of beer into my hand.

“I can’t help it. It’s in my blood.”

“Rocking new shoes. Did you buy them today?”

I look down at my new chucks that I’ve paired with skinny jeans and a black and white baseball shirt. It’s my look, and I love it.

“Yeah, Mom got them for me. I think it was a ‘happy you went out with a boy’ gift.”

“I’m surprised she would be seen buying shoes like that.”

I laugh. “I can imagine her face when she entered that store. She would have been horrified.”

We both chuckle.

“Come on, let’s walk in the sand. Is Rainer here tonight?”

I shrug. “I think so.”

“Missy has the shits he isn’t fucking her brains out anymore.”

“Poor Spastic Plastic. She never could keep a man.”

Kenny snorts and we make our way down to the soft sand. There are people everywhere, so it’s hard to tell person from person. I do recognize one face, though. I see Jack. He’s standing with a gorgeous blond girl, his arms around her, lips on her neck. I stop dead. I didn’t expect Jack to keep perusing me after our last encounter, but . . . I mean, we dated . . . he asked me to be his girlfriend, and he never even tried to tell me it wasn’t working out.

I might have forgiven Rainer, but I was still interested in Jack, so seeing him like this hurts. A lot. I thought he was just taking time, maybe figuring out his head, but I did expect him to have the decency to let me know he wasn’t interested anymore.

“Shit,” Kenny says, figuring out what I’ve just seen.

“He . . . I thought . . .”

“He’s a dick,” Kenny says, grabbing my arm. “Don’t let it upset you.”

“He never broke it off with me. I mean, I know he was pissed over what Rainer did but . . .”

“He’s a dick,” Kenny repeats. “You’re worth more.”

“No,” I say softly. “I’m not. I never will be.”

“Emalie,” he says, but I hand him my beer.

“I’m done.”

I turn and walk up towards the cars, hurt and confused. I get things were a bit tense between Jack and I, but I thought we had a bond. I thought something was happening between us.

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