Killian: A West Bend Saints Romance by Sabrina Paige

Author:Sabrina Paige [Paige, Sabrina]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2016-05-10T04:00:00+00:00

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River

I folded clothes carefully, putting pieces in my suitcases.

My best friend Abby sat in the armchair in my bedroom, her long legs draped over the side, back leaning up against the other side, sipping a cocktail. "Are you sure you want to do this?"

"I need a change," I said. "I'm done with the movie. I have no obligations here. Why shouldn't I?"

Abby shrugged. "If you say so," she said. "Or you could, I don't know, fly to Colorado instead."

"Look," I said. "I did the interview. I said what I had to say. That's it. It's over. It wasn't even anything to begin with. He thought it was a fling, and that's what it was. Nothing more than that. It was less than two weeks. No one falls in love in two weeks."

"They do in your movies," Abby said.

I sighed. "Everyone thinks real life is like the movies, but it's not. And I was stupid to think otherwise."

Abby huffed. "I still think you're being a dumbass."

"You're just jealous," I said, balling up a shirt and tossing it across the room at her. She shrieked, angling her glass away from direction of the projectile.

"Jealous of what?" she asked. "Your boyfriend? I don't think so. You know I stay as far away from dick as possible."

"Morocco," I said. "You're jealous you're not going. You should come."

"You know I would," she said. "But I've got a show coming up. Besides, I'm not trying to commit career suicide here. I'm going to have my big break. Soon."

"You should," I said. "You're a talented artist."

"Anyway," she said, sipping her drink. "I give it six months before you're right back here, doing another movie. Tops. Not that I'm not happy for you, but, well, what the hell are you going to do without awards shows and...shit...shoes?"

I laughed. "They have shoes in Morocco, you bitch."

"But seriously- " Abby finished her drink, then crossed the room, throwing herself dramatically on my bed. "You and Elias...it was like the movies, right?"

"I don't know. It was...passionate. I've never had that kind of sex with anyone before. That kind of lust," I shrugged. "But that's all it was, you know? Lust. If it were anything more..." I left it unspoken.

If it had been anything more, he would have called.

He wouldn't have said what he said.

We would be together right now.

"He probably didn't even watch the interview," she said. "You still have your cell phone, the one you got there, right?"

I glanced toward my bureau drawer, at the place where I'd stashed it and checked it obsessively since I'd returned, fantasizing that Elias would call.

But that was just a fantasy. Nothing more.

He didn't give a shit. And I needed to let go. It wasn't healthy, pining away after someone who didn't even like me.

"You have it, don't you?" she asked. "You kept it. Call him."

"No," I said. "I'm not calling him. If he were interested, he'd call me. I'm not throwing myself at him."

Abby sighed. "What if it was all just some kind of misunderstanding? Would you really be okay with walking away and not knowing?"

I shook my head.

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