NYC Artists 1 - In a Heartbeat by Decker Ally

Author:Decker, Ally
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-09-11T16:00:00+00:00

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For that weekend, and for the next few weeks, Elliot was the only part of her life that was going well. Ed's search hadn't brought any results so far, and neither did her contacts in New York. This city was simply too full of both established and aspiring tattoo artists. She'd known she'd lucked out when she'd gotten Lion's Den gig simply because of the fact that Ed had recognized a tattoo in her portfolio that he'd fallen in love with a few years back. As it turned out, she'd inked one of his friends when said friend had been on tour in California. The guy hadn't remembered her name or the tattoo parlor, so Ed couldn't track her down. Not until she'd showed up at his parlor herself.

But this kind of stories were one in a million and she'd already used up her luck. So if Ed wasn't going to find a solution soon…

Naomi didn't want to think about possibly leaving New York in the near future, but she also couldn't let herself not prepare for it at all. Her rational brain needed to always win, because she knew that leading with emotions only landed people in more trouble. So she contacted all the places she worked at or took a gig at in the last few years. The most promising so far was the parlor in San Diego, but Naomi's parents were currently living there and she didn't think being so close was a good idea for any of them. Unless, of course, they were going to move again, but her mother hadn't called with any news, so maybe that whole thing was shelved for the time being.

The fact that she hadn't told Elliot about any of this kept her up at night whenever they didn't have plans together. She felt bad, of course she did, but… What would she say, exactly? "I don't know if I'm going to be around past April, so don't make any plans"? "Don't get too attached"? That sounded presumptuous, for one. And for the other, well. Naomi was fairly certain Elliot wouldn't want to continue this, whatever it was, if he'd known there was a clock running on it, and she was selfish enough to admit that she didn't want things to end yet. If all they had was three months, she wanted whole three months.

She tried to take her own advice and not get too attached, but that worked with varying degrees of success. She did pretty good with keeping them to the present, staying clear of all the discussions about the future. Elliot seemed to avoid talking about family history and potential minefields thereof, a sentiment which she shared wholeheartedly. But her plan of avoiding sleepovers and similar couple-y things kept getting thwarted. There were only so many excuses she could came up with, not to mention she'd hated the flash of disappointment on Elliot's face whenever she did so.

And now there was this invitation she didn't know how to get out of.

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