I Still Love You: (A Free New Adult Short Story) by Jane Lark

Author:Jane Lark
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
ISBN: 9780008144036
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Published: 2015-04-29T23:00:00+00:00

Part Three

Jason

My head was thumping like someone was bashing on a wall to wake me up. Rach had kept telling me I was drinking too much, but it was the first time I’d had a chance to drink like that in months. It had been good just to be able to do what I wanted. I know I’d made the choice to get married and bring up Saint, and I was still all in for that, but I was only twenty-three, we needed some time-out. She was going to have to get that.

“I made you coffee.”

I opened my eyes. Rach was sitting on the edge of the bed, wearing the shirt I’d taken off last night.

“It’s black. I figured you’d need it black, and I put three spoonful’s of sugar in it.”

I rolled over, my arm coming across my forehead. “What time is it?”

She smiled. “Eleven-thirty. I want to go home soon.”

“Saint’s okay?” I knew she must have called Mom. She’d called Mom after we’d had sex outside just to double-check he was okay. He’d been okay.

“Yeah. But I want to get back. The only people left here are those girls who still fancy you.”

Oh my God. “Rach.” I was too hung-over to handle jealousy and have to start doling out reassurance when she had no need to worry.

I feel like you’re falling out of love with me…

When she’d said that, she’d kicked me in the chest. I was struggling right now, I mean we’d gotten together and made a lifetime commitment in a matter of weeks, and then Saint had come along within six months, and then she’d ended up in hospital, it was a lot to get my head around. But I loved her. I didn’t want her to feel uncertain about that. I just wanted her to be happy, and then if she was happy I could feel happy.

“There’s something I need to tell you. Will you sit up?”

God, she sounded all serious. Serious conversations weren’t good with a hangover.

I slid up the bed and the sheet and the comforter slid down to my belly, she glanced at my chest. We hadn’t just had sex outside last night, we’d had it twice in bed. We’d gone to bed when the party was still in full swing, claiming that us parents needed our sleep, that had been a complete lie, we had been escaping to get some alone sex-time. I think some of the guys may have guessed, but the girls were fooled.

I stuck a pillow behind my back and picked up my coffee. She stared at me for a minute then went for my jugular. “I had a letter from the solicitor, he’s heard from Declan.” She annihilated my newly found sense of calm with one blow to the gut.

I made a disparaging face, I hated that guy. “And.”

“He wants custody.”

“What the fuck. He didn’t even want you to have Saint. He signed the statement saying he wanted nothing to do with Saint.”

“That’s not legally binding.”

I thrust my coffee down on the side, spilling some of it.

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