Piecing Together Sydney (A Sydney West Novel Book 3) by Coon Brittney

Author:Coon, Brittney [Coon, Brittney]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Fatebound Publishing
Published: 2016-08-30T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seventeen

When I got home all the lights were off. Amelia was fast asleep and I didn’t want to wake her up with my asinine problems. I drank to the bottom of my bottle of whiskey and went to bed drunk and pissed. At least Jack could never cheat on me.

***

I woke up to Amelia sitting by me braiding my hair. I rubbed my eyes and gave her a grim smile.

“What’s wrong, Syd?” Her happiness hit the floor and shattered. I knew I looked like a drunken mess with blood shot eyes and I probably also looked puffy from crying.

“Where’s Hunter? I don’t want him to hear—”

She brushed away a tear that escaped my hold. “He went for a jog.”

I nodded. “Last night I saw Jason and that old friend…was Lizzie…”

“Hold on. What happened?” Amelia moved to lay next to me and placed a pillow on her stomach.

I got out of the bed and paced in front of her, going back and forth. All I could do was replay Jason and that bimbo getting into that car together in my head. I yanked on my hair. The pain was a dull annoyance now. “Jason was across the street. His ex was with him, the one we ran into at the flower shop. I just couldn’t—”

“You didn’t confront them, did you?” She turned her head.

My stomach twisted itself as if trying to fit into a small imagery box.

I used to stand up for myself and get into people’s faces. Hell, last summer I made a fool of myself thinking Jason had moved on with another girl, and she was his cousin! Now this summer, I see him with Lizzie, and I wanted to ball up and disappear.

“No. Do you think I’m going mad? Maybe I’m suffering from dissociative identity disorder. I had to read some research on split per—”

Amelia got to her feet and tossed the pillow behind her. “That’s enough! You’re going to infect me with your crazy.”

I hung my head. “I want to go find him and kill him and that bimbo. He said he was staying the night in a motel. That has to mean—”

Amelia held up her hands, wishing for me to stop. “Sydney, wait. We don’t know the whole story…”

I kicked the carpet. “It’s between the lines. He cheated on me. That or I’m going crazy. Maybe I’m more broken than I was before…”

She closed the distance between us and grabbed my upper arms. “No, you’re not broken. You’re more adult now than ever. You don’t have meltdowns in public anymore or one-night stands. People usually don’t make scenes in public. They don’t want to embarrass themselves. You’re human, Syd, and we’re going to get to the bottom of this. Okay?” Her hands moved to my back, pressing me into her for a hug. I wrapped my arms around her, and we stood there like sad weirdos for a few minutes.

Look what love does. It turns you into a weak and pathetic girl. It’s not real! You were better off being an ice cold bitch.

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