New Page by Alicia Best

Author:Alicia Best [Best, Alicia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Mellow Publications
Published: 2018-07-08T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11

Holly

A distant, shrill screaming jerks me abruptly awake.

I lurch to the side, unable to see through bleary eyes, before tumbling off the couch. The quilt that had apparently been gently wrapped around me has twisted up around my legs, leaving me trapped in a serpent of wool.

“What the heck. . .” I groan, rubbing at my drowsy eyes and staring around me in surprise.

Oh. That’s right. I remember now.

Everett and I talked so late into the night that I must’ve eventually fallen asleep. It had been so nice to talk about what happened in New York. I’d been waiting for him to judge me, to be disgusted with my behavior, but there’d been none of that, none at all.

Deep down, that’s what Everett is at his core. Just plain gentle. Underneath all that stubbornness and all that sadness, there is a warm and sensitive man. It just takes some unearthing to find it.

Abruptly, something shrieks again, making me yelp and shoot back to my feet, only to realize that it’s just my cellphone ringing. With a shake of my head, I scoop it up, expecting to see Charlotte’s number. I can’t remember the last time anyone who wasn’t her called me.

Except it’s not my friend. It’s Michael’s number that flashes across the screen.

My stomach drops instantly to my feet, making my toes curl with nervousness. It’d been almost a year since we spoke. I wasn’t even sure what to say to him now. I’d spent so long trying to speak to him through his smart-mouthed secretary that I wasn’t even sure how to start a conversation with him.

Sucking in a worried breath, I close my eyes and hit the answer button.

“Holly.” Michael’s stern, deep voice crackles into my ear. “You still haven’t signed the cease and desist order. What is taking you so long?”

“I just want my cat,” I answer hurriedly, tripping over my words. I know I won’t have long to speak before he hangs up on me. “I’m sorry for what I did and how I acted, and I’ll sign anything you want if you just give me Noodle back—”

“You’re dragging your heels over a stupid cat? If you sign it for me, I’ll have him shipped out tomorrow.”

“Noodle is a girl, Michael! And I don’t believe you! I’ve been begging for my cat to be returned to me since I left. That’s why I called you all those times. Once I sign that form, I’ll never be able to contact you again about Noodle.”

“Good to know you bombarded my secretary with calls and threats over a cat and not an apology for almost costing me the campaign.”

“Threats?”

“She told me you said you wanted me dead.”

“Oh god, Michael, that was not what I said! She took that so far out of context!”

“Sign the form, Holly. You don’t have a choice. Do you really want to be dragged to court?”

“All I want is Noodle,” I whisper into the phone, pressing my palm against my forehead.

My head aches, both from the weird position in which I slept and the stress of all this.

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