His Work of Art by Shannyn Schroeder

Author:Shannyn Schroeder [Schroeder, Shannyn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kensington
Published: 2015-07-29T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 7

Reese had spent the last few days working furiously on rewriting her first comic so that she and Adam would have something to work on Saturday night. She’d been uneasy since their last conversation in her car. While she didn’t keep it a secret, she rarely talked about her dad.

Knowing that Adam had figured it out based on the comic should’ve made her feel better. It meant that she’d done something right with the story. However, there was always the fear that Adam would look at her differently now. They’d become friends and she didn’t want to strain that.

Of course, inviting him to hang out with her ex-boyfriend hadn’t been the smartest move. Frankie had been an asshole all night. Maybe it was time for her to move on and find a new group to play with, but she really hated the idea of walking away from Lee, Chris, and Kim. They’d become her friends as much as they were Frankie’s. That was probably the worst part of a breakup—deciding who got the friends. And with Frankie, so much of their lives had been intertwined: school, work, play.

Finishing the anthology and publishing it would be a definite sign of moving on. It was something that was completely separate from anything she’d done with Frankie. Adam’s ability to handle all the artwork made it that much sweeter.

She listened to her phone give her directions to Adam’s house. As she drove through the residential neighborhood, she immediately felt out of place. This was the kind of neighborhood she’d dreamed of living in when she was younger. After a string of crappy one-bedroom apartments with her mom, anything started to look good, but this neighborhood held a mix of single-family homes and two- and three-flat apartments. A light dusting of snow that had fallen earlier that day coated the lawns, making everything more picturesque.

This was a different kind of jealousy than she had when she went to visit Lee. His apartment was young, urban professional. It was about being part of city life, walking to the store and easy access to the beach. Adam’s neighborhood was more family-oriented, as evidenced by the number of minivans lining the street. She could imagine the trees being full of leaves in the summer, providing shade as kids ran through sprinklers.

She then wondered why Adam and his friend chose to live here. He’d said his friend was a musician. It seemed like an odd choice. She found some parking down the block from the two-flat that Adam lived in. She raced up the sidewalk because the wind had picked up and slashed against her cheeks. Stomping her feet for warmth, she rang the bell. Adam met her at the door.

He held out a little piece of paper. “You need to put this on your dash. Permit parking.”

She groaned. “Here.” She handed him her bag. “I’ll be right back.” She jogged back down the block and put the permit in the window and ran back. By the time she got inside, her lungs were burning both from being out of breath and from the cold.

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