Girl Violence: A Friends to Lovers Contemporary Romance (Secret Kisses Book 1) by Lydia Goodfellow

Author:Lydia Goodfellow [Goodfellow, Lydia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Lydia Goodfellow
Published: 2022-10-07T18:30:00+00:00

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN

Josette had an excellent plan tonight: a night of binge-eating and watching a lot of Damon Salvatore. Now, she’s storming across the park, taking the path that leads to the one place she didn’t want to go.

Josette can’t quite believe she’s doing this after promising herself she wouldn’t anymore. Yet, here she is, making the same mistake repeatedly. She doesn’t want to be that girl. The girl who chases someone who doesn’t want to be caught. But, inevitably, she’s too pissed to leave it.

What the hell does Vince want from her? How many of her birthdays has he forgotten over the years when he was in London? When he decided she wasn’t worth a card or even a phone call? Josette is so angry that she wants to shout at him for being stupid and not coming out and saying what he really wanted to say earlier.

That he wanted Josette there for his birthday. That he needed her.

That’s the problem these days. No one says anything anymore. The truth is just stagnant, and instead of being honest, it’s edged around, poked a little, and then left alone.

Guilt consumes her, despite it being his fault. He probably figured she had seen it online and purposefully said nothing. Old Josette wouldn’t have forgotten.

Every time Vince had a birthday when he was living here, she sat beside him while he blew out the candles and squeezed her hand under the table until her fingers went numb. He hates his birthdays with a passion. He used to get angry and withdrawn every time the day rolled around. Josette didn’t know why. She thought it was because he was getting older, which meant more pressure from his dad to grow up and be tougher. But Vince was already miles ahead of boys his age, so it didn’t make sense. He was more mature than he should have been back then, and Josette was the only one who brought out the side of him who laughed, joked, and smiled.

When Josette asked why he was always sad on his birthdays, he said he didn’t know but told Josette she made it better.

When he moved away, Josette wanted to contact him, afraid he wouldn’t be happy because he didn’t have her anymore. Only, she had no way of finding him. As the years went by, and he became a fading memory of a boy she would probably never see again, she let it go, just like he let her go.

He has no right to be annoyed with her.

After flinging herself out of bed, she dressed in a pair of black shorts, a Guns n’ Roses T-shirt, and her vans. She quickly put makeup on and straightened her hair. After she was done, she sighed, not sure why she felt the need to go to him. Why she’s so damn jealous that someone else is making his birthday special.

Josette just doesn’t know anymore.

She finally arrives at the bowl. As she looks past the groups of kids playing on their bikes, trying to imitate the older kids pulling stunts, she spots them.

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