Hurricane Days by Renee J. Lukas

Author:Renee J. Lukas [Lukas, Renee J.]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
ISBN: 9781594934674
Publisher: Bella Books
Published: 2015-11-28T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirty-Six

I lifted heavy hand weights in the university’s weight training room, alongside a bunch of sweaty muscle guys. I didn’t care that the room smelled like dirty socks. I didn’t care that some of the guys were gazing at me like sleazy nightclub singers. I didn’t care about much of anything, just lifting each weight to my chest—again and again. I hoped the pain of lifting would overtake the pain in my heart. But it didn’t. So last night was something Adrienne had to apologize for. I was her drunken mistake. Of course. What else could I have been? As I replayed the night over and over, with flashes of moments so real, so honest, there was no way she didn’t feel something too. She had to. I was overcome with humiliation, alternating between anger and confusion. I hated her. Or maybe I loved her. They were the same anyway, right?

Andrew, my friend from film production class, ran on a treadmill beside me, while a radio played the local heavy metal station. “This music is so vile,” he spat.

“And juvenile,” I added with pleasure and an extra dose of “snob.” I huffed. “Just like the people who listen to it.”

He marveled at my determined lifting. He kept glancing over at me. “God, girl. You’re fired up!”

But he misunderstood. I wasn’t an athletic person. Bending over to tie my shoes was about as strenuous an activity as I ever wanted to do. Weight lifters had too many visible, unattractive veins, so I wouldn’t be doing this full-time. And joggers could drop dead of a heart attack at any time. It was a proven fact, according to my mother, whose biggest daily activity was beating eggs.

Of course today was different. Somehow I didn’t care if I had a heart attack. My heart was already broken.

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