Pity Party (Pity Series Book 2) by Whitney Dineen

Author:Whitney Dineen [Dineen, Whitney]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-09-25T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE

MELISSA

I stand as immobile as a marble statue while Tim walks away, leaving me with Jamie. I’m torn between running after him and walking out of the country club and calling an Uber to take me home. I’ve never had a guy try to pawn me off on someone else while on a date with me. Certainly not a guy I like.

I get that Tim thinks he’s doing the right thing. I mean, his wife left him for somebody else, and so did several girlfriends. But that must be more indicative of life in LaLa Land than Wisconsin. I’m not saying all relationships work out here, but there’s less of a sense of entitlement.

“Would you like to sit down?” Jamie motions to a lounger next to him.

“No need.” I point to a nearby table. “I’ll just wait there.” Good night, Jamie. Maybe put a shirt on or something? I avert my eyes from his ridiculously distracting body

“Sammy will be back from the snack bar in a minute, and she’d love to see you.”

Tentatively moving toward the vacant chair next to him, I say, “Listen, Jamie, you’ve made it clear you don’t want anything to do with me, so let’s not pretend.”

“All I’m doing is asking you to sit down, not to run away with me.”

“Fine, I’ll sit down.” But I won’t say anything, and you can’t make me. I’m tempted to stick my tongue out at him.

Once I’m situated, he says, “It’s a beautiful day, isn’t it?”

I grunt in response.

“Are you a member of the club?”

“No.”

After several moments of awkward silence, he says, “Elk Lake is a great town.”

“Mmm.” I’m not about to make anything about this easy for him.

“Melissa …”

While continuing to look forward, I lazily look at him out of the corner of my eye. “What?”

“You can sit somewhere else if you want to.”

I make a move to stand up when Sammy comes running over. “Melissa! Your date is here at the country club?” She hops from foot to foot on the hot pavement.

Before I can answer her, Jamie asks, “Where are your shoes?” She motions to her chair before perching on the edge of mine to let the bottoms of her feet cool off.

Turning her full attention to me, she asks, “Where’s Tim?”

“He had a call to make. He should be back soon,” I tell her.

“Dad and I joined the club today. Maybe you and I can come here to swim together some time.”

My heart hurts for Sammy. While I would love to go swimming with her, I’m guessing she’d much rather be with friends her own age. “Have you met any other kids yet?”

She shakes her head before leaning in and pointing. “I think there are some girls my age over there, but I don’t have the guts to go over and talk to them.”

I scan the area to see who she’s talking about. “Maybe we should come here together, and we can bring Paige. She’d know who’s your age and she’d even be able to introduce you.

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