Hate You Less by Aubrey Wright

Author:Aubrey Wright [Wright, Aubrey]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-01-07T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty

ANNIE

Rick and Brock showed up right when the pizzas arrived. I scanned both of their faces for any sign that anything major had gone down, but Rick’s was blank and Brock wore his usual cocky expression.

“Fuck yeah!” said Brock as he approached the table. “Perfect fucking timing!”

He sat down next to Jess, the group swarming over the pizzas and pulling gooey, cheesy slices onto their plates. I wasn’t all that hungry, however—I was more curious about what Rick had found out. So, when he slid into the chair next to mine, it took all the restraint I had not to press him for details.

Thankfully, he was ready to talk.

“Nothing,” he said, shaking his head.

The rest of the group was busy with their beer and pizza and conversation, leaving Rick and me alone to have our chat.

“What do you mean ‘nothing’?” I asked.

“That’s what I mean. He said that he’d been with Katie earlier in the day, but that it was just for some surprise that they were cooking up for Jess.”

“A surprise?” I asked. “What the hell does that mean?”

“Who knows?” he said. “It could mean just that—they’re putting something together for Jess for the wedding.”

“Hopefully that doesn’t mean they’re going to surprise her with news that they’ve been cheating.”

Rick scoffed-laughed.

“I don’t know about that,” he said. “He can be a prick, but he’s not straight-up evil.”

“But nothing else?” I asked.

“Nope,” he said. “Just Brock being Brock.”

I scanned the group, worried that they might be listening in on us. But the place was so noisy with music and conversation that it was hard to even hear Rick right next to me.

“Then maybe that’s it,” I said. “Maybe we saw them in the process of putting together whatever this surprise is.”

The words didn’t sound good coming out of my mouth, and judging by Rick’s expression he didn’t like the explanation either.

“I don’t know,” he said. “Maybe I’m being an overprotective big brother, but I want to figure it out for sure one way or another. No way I’m letting her get married with even the possibility that she’s being cheated on.”

“Then what do you want to do about it?” I asked.

Before he could respond, Jess came over to us, two plates of pizza in hand.

“What are you two doing over here?” she asked with a smile. “You both look like you’re plotting something.”

“Sorry,” said Rick. “We’re off in our own little world.”

A playfully skeptical expression crossed Jess’s features. “Am I going to have to keep an eye on you two?” she asked.

Rick and I glanced at one another, both of us waiting for the other to respond.

“Just joking!” said Jess.

She set down the two plates in front of us, each of them with a pair of cheese slices.

“I wanted to get you two something before the vultures picked the plates clean,” she said. “Not sure what you like, but can’t go wrong with extra cheese, right?”

“Looks great to me,” said Rick.

At the main table I spotted Brock in the middle

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