From Now Until Infinity by Layne Harper

Author:Layne Harper [Harper, Layne]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Amazon: B00EJMQW4S
Published: 2013-08-12T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

SUDDENLY, I’M awaken by Colin yelling from downstairs, “FUCK!”

My heart plummets into my stomach and I race downstairs naked. Please don’t let him be hurt. When I reach the second floor, I’m relieved to see him pacing back and forth with his phone pressed against his ear. I reassure myself that he’s okay. Then, I hear the commotion outside. I gingerly walk to my living room window which looks down onto the street. I peek between the slats on my plantation shutters and see about thirty reporters and cameramen on my driveway.

At first, I’m confused. “The picture was great of us,” I say only loud enough for me to hear.

Then, it hits me. Talk Magazine must have released the Sasha Stone interview online early instead of waiting for it to come out in print on Friday. That’s the only reason that there would be this much attention on us.

Colin’s pacing back and forth between the kitchen island and my front door. I’m assuming that he’s on the phone with Mark because he’s yelling. I wonder if Colin ever talks to Mark when he isn’t mad about something. I make a mental note to ask Colin when he doesn’t look murderous.

I bite the bullet and walk upstairs to get my phone. Yup! It’s what I thought only worse. The Sasha Stone article went live before I could warn my family, and she did an interview with Good Morning America which aired this morning.

I throw on my yoga pants and tank top. My first call is to my office building. I give them the Cliff Notes version and ask them very nicely to keep the reporters on the sidewalk. They agree. My next call is to Brad. He, of course, knows what’s going on, and he’s furious with me for turning off my phone last night. He agrees to send out an email to the office employees warning them about the increased media attention and to remind them they’ve signed non-disclosure agreements and cannot talk about the patients or doctors in our office without penalty of termination and lawsuit.

God, it’s so harsh. I tell Brad to use my credit card to cater lunch for everyone. It feels like that it’s the least that I can do.

Then, I call my father. He’s very short with me and says that we’ll discuss this when I get in the office.

Where’s my coffee? Doesn’t the world know that I can’t function without my three cups of morning coffee? Especially on a morning like this!

I walk downstairs and pour myself a cup ignoring Colin who’s still yelling. I take it back upstairs to drink while I take a shower and get dressed. I presume that it’s going to take a few extra minutes to get through the reporters, and I can’t afford to be late on a surgery day.

The shower spray feels good against my body. I wish Colin was with me in the shower, but I know that he’s too busy yelling about things that he can’t change downstairs.

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