Jack and the Beanstalk (Modern Wicked Fairy Tales Book 13) by Selena Kitt

Author:Selena Kitt [Kitt, Selena]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Excessica
Published: 2019-04-29T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 5

“What is this place?” Jack looked around the hotel room, incredulous. Boxes lined the walls, stacked to the ceiling, with various labels written on them in Sharpie, labels like “dishes” and “bathroom” and “garden.”

Goldi stood there with her hands on her hips, looking proud. “This is where I store everything I need to make a clean break.”

“Break?” Jack blinked. “You’re... are you leaving him?”

“That’s the plan.”

“And just how long have you been planning this?”

“Since the beginning.” She met his eyes and smiled. “But there’s no time like the present.”

“How did you manage all of this? I would think, given your husband’s nature, that he would keep a close eye on you.”

“You’re right about that.” Goldi’s nose wrinkled. “But I’ve gotten pretty good at losing my tail.”

“You weren’t followed here, were you?”

“No,” she assured him. “Listen, I’ve got to change. There’s beer in the fridge. Help yourself.”

Goldi went into the bathroom and Jack opened the mini-fridge, finding the promised beer. He unscrewed the top and took a long swig, wondering again what in the hell he was doing here.

If this was Goldi’s stash and she’d been planning on leaving him for a long time—since the beginning—then what kind of marriage did they have? Was it a marriage of convenience? Or in Goldi’s case, inconvenience?

When the bathroom door opened, spandex catsuit Goldie was gone. The woman who emerged was all jeans, t-shirt and pigtails. Pigtails! The California beach babe had transformed into a Midwestern farm girl in an instant. This was the Goldi he remembered. This was the Goldi he had fallen in love with. The Goldi who had left him to pursue her own dream.

“No more spandex?” Jack’s brows went up.

“Did you like it?” she asked, looking quizzical.

“No,” he confessed. “I hated it. But it’s your image, right? Pop-star and all that...”

She scoffed, waving her hand. “It’s all an illusion. They invented it. Giancarlo’s people at WetWorx Records. And my manager, Doc Denato. You know me—I wanted to make a country album. They decided to make me a pop star instead.”

“And you just... went along with it?”

“I didn’t have much choice.”

“What happened, Goldi?” Jack sank down into one of the room chairs, gesturing with his beer to the chair across from him. “What in the hell happened?”

Goldi’s sigh carried a huge weight as she sat down in the chair opposite, a small table between them.

“I was so young,” she began. “And he was very charming... at first. And he was interested in me. I was this little country rube and he was a big city man. I was flattered.”

“Sure,” Jack said, bristling at the thought of The Giant taking advantage of the young girl he’d once known.

“You would have seen through him instantly, Jack.” Goldi gave him a small smile. “But you know me. I trusted people. I didn’t understand. Not until it was too late. I was an idiot.”

Jack shook his head. “He’s fooled a lot of people you’re not the only one. And he’s got a full-time publicity team neatly spinning their webs.

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