Never Wake by Gabrielle Goldsby

Author:Gabrielle Goldsby [Goldsby, Gabrielle]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi, pdf
ISBN: 9781602820630
Publisher: Bold Strokes Books, Inc.
Published: 2006-09-15T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

Wind tore the kerchief from her head two blocks back and was now whistling in her ears so ferociously that she couldn’t hear the whisper of Dite’s tires on the asphalt. Why did she have to sneak around behind my back? If she had questions about Patricia, why didn’t she just ask me? She did try to ask you, and you blew her off.

Bullshit! Her pedaling slowed. It wasn’t bullshit, and the moment Troy acknowledged that fact, her anger ebbed and she recognized her emotions for what they were. She couldn’t ever remember feeling this hurt and she couldn’t quite place why. Emma had said she only wanted Troy to know that Patricia had been abusing drugs when she died. It was as if she believed she had to besmirch Troy’s memory of Patricia in order for them to have a chance. She didn’t want to believe that Patricia had purposely overmedicated herself, but she knew that Patricia wasn’t perfect.

Or had she? It had taken her weeks to even tell Emma Patricia’s name. Had that been some form of denial? Did Emma sense how important Patricia was to me, even in death? Of course she’s important to me. I loved her with all my heart.

Then what does that leave for Emma?

The thought seemed to come from nowhere, and it shocked her enough that if her feet hadn’t been clipped in, she may have stopped pedaling.

What kind of question was that? Emma wasn’t thinking about her heart! For God’s sake, they had known each other for what, a few weeks? Troy caught a glimmer of what turned out to be broken glass and came to a stop. She brought Dite to a stop in front of a store she could never afford to shop at when things were normal. She leaned her forearms on Dite’s handlebars to rest. What the hell was she doing here? She turned her head and heard a Benson Bubbler. She closed her eyes. The sound of running water was soothing; she forced herself to relax her shoulders. She thought about the look on Emma’s face right before she had walked out. Why did I say those things to her?

Because she hurt me, that’s why.

Yeah, but how did she hurt you? She was repeating what the newspaper said. What you already suspected. Troy crossed her arms in front of herself and refused to let the sob take hold. What she had already suspected. Patricia was always emotional. Her ups were so high that Troy had a hard time catching her breath. Hadn’t she asked her about it? Hadn’t she wondered why, every time Patricia begged Troy to go bungee jumping, she had a hard time getting out of bed two days later?

Emma had exposed the part of their relationship that she had allowed herself to forget. Yes, she had been happy. Yes, she loved Patricia, and she believed Patricia loved her, too. Had it ever been perfect?

A sob clawed its way up her esophagus. Emma had

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