Love and Decay, Vol. 2 Ep 7-12 by Higginson Rachel

Author:Higginson, Rachel [Higginson, Rachel]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2013-11-30T00:00:00+00:00

I looked back and forth between Tyler, who was pulling herself together, and Gage, who was staring at Tyler with a furrowed brow and somber expression. There was definitely something there.

Not that I could tell what it was exactly from all these telenovela-worthy-dramatic-glances, but I would somehow get to the bottom of this.

Just not right this second.

Standing up, I declared, “Well, I need to get this over with before I talk myself out of it.” I pulled Tyler to her feet and smiled sympathetically at Gage. “Is he still upstairs?”

“Yes.” Gage stood too. “Do you want me to walk you?”

A quick glance at Tyler and that would be a hard no. “We can find it.”

“Alright. Whoever is keeping watch now will walk you down to the creek. They will stay there while you get him ready so that you’re not alone. Make sure you tell him you guys are leaving tomorrow.”

“Sure. Got it. Piece of cake.”

“Reagan,” Gage warned. “Don’t let him… just, uh, he can be…”

“Gage, I got it.” I held my palms up to keep him from trying to explain what I already knew- what I knew the moment I met Kane. “I’ll be fine.”

Gage turned his attention back to Tyler, “We’ll talk later, Ok?”

“Probably not,” she snapped back. I breathed a sigh of relief at her returned snarkiness. “I loved Logan, Gage. I still do. You have no right to question that.”

“I never questioned your love for Logan,” he growled, suddenly an entirely different creature than the apologetic, defeated version of himself. Now he was fierce with conviction and determination. “I watched you love Logan my whole life!”

“Then you’re familiar with me choosing him over you.”

Gage reared back and stared at Tyler with a mixture of anger and hurt splashed all over his face. I slipped out the door and pressed my back against the wall for Tyler to wrap that up. I didn’t think my infatuation with the drama in Tyler’s life included this kind of train wreck. I mean, I planned on listening, but neither of them needed me hovering.

“Tyler, I have never, not once, asked you to choose me over Logan. And I’m not asking you that now. I walked away from you and that town a year ago and I have not once come back for either of you. Don’t try to drag that dried-out bullshit here now. This is not about you. I am not about you. You showed up at my doorstep in trouble and in need. I’m just doing the best I can to help you out, what you choose to make of that is on you. But make no mistake that I’m asking anything from you in return.”

Tyler stayed quiet for a few agonizing moments and then relented with a humble, “You’re right. I apologize. I was out of line. I shouldn’t have assumed that about you. I just, what you said…. I’m more emotional than I should be. Let’s just forget this conversation ever happened.”

“That’s fine by me,” he deadpanned.

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