Losing Mr. Right by Natalie Charles

Author:Natalie Charles
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Pocket Star

MINDY

I BROUGHT Nana lunch at the nursing home and we ate at the picnic area on the patio. We were sitting at a round wooden table sheltered by an umbrella. “You were right about Vaughan,” I said. “She’s a madam.”

I probably said it a bit too loudly judging by the way the women in maroon scrubs at the next table stared, but Nana didn’t give me any reaction. She took a small bite of her sandwich and looked out at the primroses. “I know you hate it,” I said, lowering my voice. “I’m trying to get her to leave. I was going through the lease and there’s something in there about illicit activity, and— It doesn’t matter. I’m trying. Because I know that’s not what you want.”

Nana set her half-eaten sandwich down and reached for the white paper bag. “You said you brought cookies?”

“Yes, here.” I handed over the bag and watched as she removed a giant chocolate chip cookie. “But you heard me, right? I’m doing this for you.”

She peeled the plastic wrap from her cookie slowly, deliberately. I wanted to say it again and explain that, see, this proved how devoted I was to her. I wanted her approval. Instead, she patted me on the hand and said, “You should bring more cookies next time. Then I can share them.”

I spent a couple hours visiting with my grandmother, and by the time I reached the cottage, it was pouring rain. The path from the car to the front door was short, but I was soaked by the time I got inside. The cottage was dark because I hadn’t anticipated the rain when I’d left, so all of the lights were off. I tossed my keys onto the counter, chilled.

Chase had texted me on the drive back from the nursing home. Hey. U coming to the party? That was literally all he wrote. No How are things? Or How come I haven’t seen you around? He only wanted to know if he had to pay for me to attend his stupid engagement party to Jackie. It soured me.

On the list of things that could happen in life, singeing my eyebrows ranked higher on the happiness scale than attending that party. Lettie had been texting me, too. She wanted to know if I was going so she could respond accordingly. I don’t know, I texted. Kind of torture.

She texted back right away. But also kind of curious?

I considered that. Yes.

Chase and Jackie were having their engagement party in a bar, and Jackie was pregnant. So yeah, I was wondering how that was going to work out. Part of me believed that in order to feel in control of this situation, I needed to be aggressively involved with Chase and Jackie’s engagement. They would fight, and I wanted a front-row seat. I wanted Chase to tell me everything Jackie said that was unreasonable, or demanding, or flat-out cuckoo, because I knew in his mind that meant he believed I was none of those things.

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