New Beginnings At Glendale Hall by Victoria Walters

Author:Victoria Walters [Walters, Victoria]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781912973262
Publisher: Hera
Published: 2020-02-04T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Thirty

‘Mind if I cut in, minister?’

Brodie and I stopped moving immediately, dropping our arms from one another as if we had been burned. Greg stood by us, his face stony, almost spitting out his words. Without waiting for a response, he took my waist and pulled me into his arms, spinning us away from Brodie. Over Greg’s shoulder, I watched as Brodie turned and walked off the dance floor, and felt as if something had been taken away from me.

‘What the hell, Em?’ Greg hissed then, pulling me closer. ‘I look over and see you all draped over another man!’

‘I’m surprised you even noticed,’ I said, coldly. ‘I thought you were more interested in the drink in front of you.’ I dropped my arms and stepped back out of his embrace. I hated it when couples argued in front of people but I couldn’t hold my anger in check. After all his promises to get help, to change, he hadn’t even been able to last two days.

‘I’m fine,’ he insisted. ‘I’ve only had a couple… I can stop at that.’

I shook my head. ‘You told me you have a drink problem. That means you won’t – you can’t – stop at two drinks.’

‘You have no faith in me,’ he complained, turning away and storming off. I watched him walk straight over to the bar.

Standing by myself on the dance floor, I felt eyes on me. Embarrassment and anger and sadness welled up inside me. I rushed off, needing to get away desperately. Outside the marquee, I gulped in fresh air. The sun was only just starting to slip lower in the sky.

‘Emily, are you okay?’

I turned around to see Heather ducking out of the marquee after me. With everything that had been happening since I came up to Scotland, I hadn’t gotten to know Heather as much as I wanted to, so I appreciated the look of concern on her face as she came to stand beside me. ‘I just needed some air.’

‘I couldn’t help but see…’

‘It’s okay,’ I reassured her as she trailed off, embarrassed. ‘Things aren’t going great with Greg. It makes it so much harder when I think of this one,’ I admitted, touching my stomach.

She nodded. ‘When I got pregnant with Harry, I had only just started seeing Rory. Obviously, I’d known him for a long time but still, we were only just starting out as a couple. I thought he’d run for the hills, actually, but he was even happier about it than I was. What I’m saying is, I’m sure Greg will step up to the mark. I mean, he has to, right?’

‘I don’t know,’ I said. ‘I also don’t know how long I can wait around for him to do that, do you know what I mean? Can I ask you a really personal question?’ I said then, turning to her.

‘Uh-oh.’ She smiled, though. ‘Fire away.’

‘Why haven’t you and Rory got married? If that’s too personal though, just tell me to shut the hell up.

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