Match Me Perfect by Jessica Ames

Author:Jessica Ames [Ames, Jessica]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-02-07T16:00:00+00:00

28

Sadie

By the end of the week I’m in full meltdown mode. I can’t do this. I can’t go into a relationship again. I can’t open myself up to the possibility of being hurt by another man. Callum isn’t Richard, I know this, but I have no idea who Callum is since I’ve only known him approximately five and a half minutes. What if he is another Richard? What if I get fully invested in him—and I’m already heading that direction—and he leaves me like that? I can’t do this again.

Knowing I need talking off the ledge, I call the one person I know can help me—my sister. I love Emily, but she’s likely to give me a slap around the head and tell me to stop being an idiot, but Lil, she’s engaged, she has a kid on the way. She understands the intricacies of a grown up relationship. Emily’s longest relationship is her Netflix subscription.

I head over to Lilliana’s house after work on Friday and when she answers her front door, I’m greeted by a rather pale, dishevelled version of my sister.

“Are you sure you should be out of bed?” I ask as she steps aside to let me into the house. “You look terrible.”

And she does. Aside from being wan and having huge bags under her eyes, her hair is scraped up into a messy knot and she’s wearing rumpled joggers and what looks like one of Garrett’s T-shirts. I’ve never seen her look like this. She’s usually so… well, put together.

“If anyone ever tells you pregnancy makes you glow hit them. They’re liars. I feel like something the cat spewed up.”

I follow her up the narrow hallway towards the kitchen, the central hub of their house.

“Morning sickness?” I ask as I head straight for the kettle. “Sit. I’ll make you a tea.”

“There’s berry teabags in the jar. Normal tea is turning my stomach inside out lately—plus, I’m not supposed to have caffeine and Garrett will lose his mind if he finds out I have.”

I fill the kettle and stick it on to boil while I grab some mugs and start to make our drinks.

“Wow, pregnancy is rough. No caffeine? How is Garrett still alive?”

“Because I can’t stop throwing up long enough to kill him.”

She drops her head into her hands, her elbows leaning on the edge of the breakfast bar. “The doctor reckons this only lasts for the first trimester. He’d best be right otherwise I’m kicking his arse too.”

I wince at her tone. “Sweetie, I love you but I don’t think I have the right disposition to go on day trips to jail to visit you.”

She snorts. “What brings you this side of town anyway?”

I pause, unsure how to broach the subject, or what to even say. This pause gets my sister’s attention and she straightens in her seat.

“What’s wrong?”

Seeing the anxiety in her face, I curse myself for causing her stress. No doubt that is probably something a pregnant woman should avoid.

“It’s nothing bad but I do need some sisterly advice.

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