Keep Her by Faith Andrews

Author:Faith Andrews
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Contemporary
Publisher: Faith Andrews
Published: 2014-08-06T21:00:00+00:00

I did the best I could of making it like everything was the way it used to be. We watched the game, drank our beers, laughed at each other’s expense and passed Luca around as if he were some toy. Kid was stinkin’ adorable. And also actually stinky. Dude needed a diaper change and his mother had just sniffed it out.

“Hey, Ry. Come help me with Luca?” Tessa winked in Marcus’s direction and Riley stood to follow her.

I had a feeling this was Tessa’s idea to get me alone with Marcus. We hadn’t had much guy time lately—him flying to Arizona to win back his girl, me working crazy shifts to drown out my own girl problems. We hadn’t had the chance to watch a game together in a long time so this was good, even if the ladies were only a few feet away, upstairs.

“Shit! They’re all tied up. How’d they do that?” Marcus asked, focusing on the game for the first time in a while. When Tessa was in the room, he had eyes for one thing only.

Channeling the old-Beck that used to talk baseball and chicks with my best friend all the time, I faked my answer. He’d have no idea anyway, unless he watched the highlights. “Jeter homered and brought in two runs. Reminds me of the playoff days. I hope they make it this year. We could catch a post-season game together—bleacher seats, of course.” I threw the last part in for good measure to make it like my mind wasn’t totally preoccupied by something other than baseball.

He looked up to where the girls were, as if to make sure they weren’t listening. When the coast was clear he asked, “You all right, dude? Riley told me about Marissa. I’m sorry I’ve been a shitty friend. Wanna tell me what’s going on?”

I thought about brushing off his question, making like it was no big deal, but suddenly I wanted my best friend to weigh in on my issues. I’d have to make it like my issues were mostly about the break up with Marissa, because I couldn’t tell him the whole truth. But without thinking too hard, I just blurted it out. “There’s someone else.”

Marcus looked shocked. “Who? Marissa’s fucking around on you?”

“No! I’ve met someone else.”

Now he looked even more stunned. And he was actually grinning. “Whoa! Really? I didn’t see this one coming.” He was actually grinning. “You were about to ask Marissa to move in with you, no? Who is she?”

Hearing all of his questions and how little he actually knew of the situation brought out my frustrations. This was complicated. So far from the easy Riley needed. I scrubbed my face with my hands, standing up. I started to pace, trying to make sense of it all. “You don’t know her,” I lied, becoming more frustrated.

“Are you sure you want to leave Marissa for this girl? I mean, is it serious or just a cold feet kinda thing?”

This would be so much easier if I could tell him who the girl was.

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