Long Shot by Kayti McGee

Author:Kayti McGee [McGee, Kayti]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2016-08-21T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

Rob

Meredith has been silent as a ghost the entire drive home. After those damn kids stumbled across us with their half-assed game of tag, which I would put money on as nothing more than a ploy to spy on us, she completely closed-up shop. I could barely touch her, much less get anything out of her besides a tart “Mmhmm” when I finally asked if she wanted to go home.

If almost-banging in a park was wrong, I don’t want to be right. And as fussy as she is about… well, basically everything, Meredith really isn’t right either.

“Can we talk about this?” I ask as we pull into her empty driveway. That should mean the house is empty, which means I could potentially fill it with her screams if I play my cards right. And I always play my cards right. Except when I don’t. “I don’t want to leave you upset.”

“There’s nothing to say.” She grabs her things and opens the door. “I’m tired.”

“Are you, though?” I catch her arm before she can dive out and run away from me. I know the girl likes to fight her feelings for me, and generally I’m down with that, but I can’t let this happen. I can’t let her be mad at me for something and then run, because chances are high she won’t boomerang back. Losing her is out of the question. “Are you really tired, or are you just saying it to run away?”

“I’m not running away. I have things to do.”

“That didn’t stop you earlier.” She shoots me a lava-filled glare. Okay, not the smartest thing I’ve ever said. “Look, I just mean it’s clear you don’t need to run off to edit right this second, and I don’t want you to run away from me. We care about each other. If there’s something bothering you, I want to fix it.”

“You can’t fix everything, Rob.” She’s at least still in the car, so I’ll take that as a minor victory in this long war. “Some things are just shit on rye and will remain shit on rye.”

“Okay. Okay.” I risk putting my hand over hers. She doesn’t thread our fingers together, but doesn’t pull away. “But what exactly is shit on rye? Because I’m trying to figure out what I did wrong so I don’t do it again.”

She sighs and looks sad. “You didn’t do anything.”

“Hey now, I clearly was doing something.” I flash my go-to smile, but she doesn’t see it. “I thought things were going excellent. You were all sexy and breathy in my ear, and your pussy was so wet, and—”

“I know,” she cuts me off. “I know, Rob. It was great, okay? The chocolates, the wine, the… other stuff. It was fine.”

“Okay. So… the kids?”

“Ugh! I’m done. I’m sorry. I’m just so busy. I really gotta—I gotta go. Bye.” She slips out from my fingers and disappears into the house without another word.

I run a hand through my hair and punch the steering wheel. This did not go the way I wanted it to.

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