Mean Crush (Unbroken Book 1) by K. L. Bryce

Author:K. L. Bryce [Bryce, K. L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-04-09T04:00:00+00:00

16

Surprise Guest

Tabitha

I was not staying in bed. I was going to get up, take a shower, and get dressed like a normal person who wasn’t depressed over a breakup. Then I was going to make breakfast, go to Cathedral Ledge, and treat myself to lunch. After that, I could walk some trails.

Lots of sunshine, that’s what I needed.

I jumped out of bed, determined not to wallow in misery.

Like Paige said, I had so many other things going great. I worked at a small publishing place…yes, I mostly edited cookbooks and self-help books, but it’s a start. Before I knew it, I’d be handling romance novels. I had plenty of great people in my life who loved me. I was doing just fine no matter what came to be.

By the time I finished my tea and breakfast, I was ready to take on the day. I opened my phone and started my “Upbeat” playlist and plugged it in before heading out of the driveway. The sun was already warm on my face. I could tell it would turn into a hot day, but temperatures would still be cool enough for a few more hours.

I drove the familiar winding road up the mountain and parked by the trees. It felt strange to come here without my family or Paige…but I didn’t feel weird about Reed not being here anymore. The last time he was here, we sat in his lair, and he told me he was leaving for Europe.

There were more people around than I liked, but I still made the rounds to the fence to look over the cascade of green trees down the valley below. I inhaled the scent of pine and noticed how the air seemed a little thinner but so pure. My shoulders tensed as a toddler screamed at the top of his lungs. The sound pierced straight through my skull, giving me an instant headache.

I walked away and decided to take a familiar path up a huge boulder. Another cliff came into view that wasn’t fenced in. Most people didn’t bring kids into that area, so I figured I’d be safe to just sit for a while and enjoy the view.

As I climbed up the rock, I looked down to see a group of friends just about my age lying down, laughing, and looking over the edge upside down. I smiled, remembering how Reed and I would do that when we came here. It gave our parents a heart attack, but we did it anyway. Paige didn’t go near it since she didn’t do so well with heights.

A wistful sadness rushed over me at the memory. I hated that Reed and I were the way we were, constantly bickering or, worse, ignoring each other as if we weren’t even in the same room.

My run of bad luck in love and horrible choices of men started with him.

And yet, a part of me still loved him.

I let out a long breath as I watched one of the girls snuggle into a guy’s chest.

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