Madly In Love: The Novella by Abedi Colet

Author:Abedi, Colet [Abedi, Colet]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Alibi Publishing
Published: 2015-07-12T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Four

I stare at my make-up free face in my bathroom mirror.

My hand is wrapped around my neck as I slowly came back to earth from the fantasyland that was my time in the Maldives. Because that was what being with Clayton represented. It was too good to be true. Unreal. The kind of moments that come along in life that are so fleeting and poignant, that you reminisce and think about forever. I step out of the bathroom and grab a pair of black, clean sweats and a matching tank top. I change quickly and try to force positive thoughts on myself.

It’s ironic that the book on my nightstand is ‘10% Happier’, by Dan Harris when I can’t seem to be even one percent happier.

I watch my phone vibrate and I’m loathe to even look at it. Since the dreadful day in the airport when I saw the picture of Clayton and Amelia together in Singapore, I had really tried to avoid my phone at all costs. Clayton had left me at the hotel in the Maldives and said he was going to work in Singapore for the day, but instead of work he met up with his ex. How did I know this? Well, apparently Clayton is fodder for European tabloids and so I happened to come face to face with a magazine cover he was featured on, while on my return trip home. And in an incredibly intimate moment with Amelia. At the time, I had almost had a heart attack.

“Someone’s been calling non-stop,” Erik says as he stands at my door. I wonder how long he’s been watching me. At least I wasn’t crying.

I shrug my shoulders.

“Aren’t you curious?” He asks. “What if it’s an emergency?”

“My parents would call the house number,” I tell him and watch as he ignores me and goes to grab my phone. I know there’s no point in trying to stop him so I wait anxiously to see who it is.

From the look on his face I know it’s not good.

“It’s fucking Jerry.”

My heart sinks.

Yes, I had secretly hoped it would be Clayton. I wasn’t one hundred percent sure, but I was almost certain he was the one always calling from blocked numbers. He never ever left a voicemail or text message for me to positively know but my gut told me I was right. But even that was becoming less and less frequent.

“Should I read it?” Erik interrupts my train of thought as he scrolls through the message as if I said yes.

When he’s done looking at it he looks over at me with a serious look on his face.

“I think we need a glass of wine for this.”

Crap.

I follow him to the kitchen and am happy to see two full glasses are waiting for us. But Erik is good like that.

“Cheers bitch,” Erik says as he toasts me.

“Cheers.”

“So what does it say?” I say as I finish my first sip. The wine tastes real good.

“Are you sure you want to go there right now?” Erik asks curiously.

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