Inner Secrets - A Contemporary Romance Novel by Suzie Carr

Author:Suzie Carr [Carr, Suzie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Sunny Bee Books, LLC
Published: 2014-01-25T00:00:00+00:00

LUCY

The days leading up to Hope’s blind date killed me. She acted all excited whenever she talked about it. She was taking her date to an Indian restaurant. They would eat, then go for a walk on the Lake in Columbia. A band would be playing on the waterfront and she planned to bring some wine for later. This date was just what she needed. Yup, that’s what she told me when she walked down the stairs looking like she had just stepped off the set of a Hollywood blockbuster movie.

So, to save my face a little, I bragged about how Adam was going to take me out that night for sushi and how he might even take me dancing after that. Of course none of this was true, but I couldn’t stand to hear her carry on about her fun night ahead, rubbing it in like salt crystals to an open wound, mocking me for being forced into agreeing that this was exactly what she needed.

I was a jealous fool and had a really bad feeling about the whole thing.

When she walked out the door, I immediately went up to our room and begged Adam to take me out for sushi.

“I’m not in the mood to deal with the crowds on a Friday night, hon. Ralph said he got enough takeout for us if we wanted. Let’s just eat that.”

I stormed out of our room. Two minutes later, I propped on the stool in front of the breakfast bar and ate cold fried rice straight from the carton. I stabbed the rice and shoveled it in my mouth, angry at the world for turning me into a silent dud.

The day I came home from kissing Hope, I vowed to myself that I’d confront him the next time he pissed me off. Yeah, that went well. Right away, he had asked me to have lunch with his mother the following weekend and I told him I didn’t feel like it without him being there. He insisted. Instead of fighting him on the issue, I caved and agreed.

I hated fighting even about something as trivial as dining with his mother. I bet Hope would stand an inch from his face and not back down from her wants.

Whenever I’d tried to argue a point, my mouth just sort of clammed shut and my brain forgot how to reason and form solid irrefutable facts. And without a viable argument, I backed down. It was just easier for me to give in and move forward than get stuck fighting about something as stupid as lunch. There were worse things people had to deal with on this planet than eating crab cakes with their future mother-in-laws.

I started to resent Adam because I couldn’t stand up for myself to him. I was jealous of Hope and her freedom. She could do whatever the heck she wanted and didn’t have to answer to a soul. She worried only about herself, and when she didn’t agree with something, she said so.

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