Play Me by Katie McCoy

Author:Katie McCoy [McCoy, Katie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, Contemporary
Amazon: B01B3G5X8I
Barnesnoble: B01B3G5X8I
Goodreads: 28227316
Publisher: Katie McCoy Books
Published: 2016-01-21T07:00:00+00:00

19

Ella

My fridge had never been described as well-stocked, but after everything that had happened in the past week, I found myself ravenous all the time. I had developed a taste for brownies, specifically Jake’s brownies. But since I didn’t have any, I took to filling my fridge with Ben and Jerry’s chocolate fudge brownie, but found it empty by the time Monday came around.

I didn’t mind the distraction of going to the store, especially since it was Jake’s day off and I hadn’t heard from him. Nor had I seen him around the building. Was he so intent on avoiding me that he had completely vanished? I couldn’t understand it. Had I misread the situation so terribly? Had he only been in it for the sex and when he didn’t get that, he just lost interest? But he had told me he could wait, hadn’t he? And he hadn’t initiated our last kiss—I had.

I tried not to be disappointed, but I felt like a complete fool. This is why you don’t do things like this, I told myself. You don’t know what you’re getting into. Maybe Mark was right. Maybe you’re too emotional. The thought made me sick, especially after how he had reacted to my performance at the competition. He had been thoroughly horrified, while I had been quite proud of my showing. Now I was starting to question my eagerness to disregard his tutelage.

I had resigned myself to an afternoon of practicing when I headed home, arms full of ice cream, and promptly ran into Dakota on the stairs outside my apartment.

“Ella!” she called out before I could duck inside.

“Hi.” I gave her a small smile. “I was just about to—”

“I was hoping I would see you.” She looked pretty tired. “I tried to get your apartment number from Jake but he’s been pretty out of it.”

That got my attention. “Out of it?”

“Yeah.” She ran a hand through her hair. “He’s had the flu since yesterday—kept insisting he was fine.” Dakota rolled her eyes. “Men.”

“Is he okay?”

Dakota shook her head. “He’s got a fever and he’s pretty useless. He managed to come out of it long enough to tell me that I needed to contact you, but then passed out before I could ask which apartment was yours.”

At least that explained why he hadn’t called. I began to regret all the ice cream I had eaten in my disappointment. Well, not all the ice cream. I was still enjoying this newfound appreciation for sweets, regardless of everything else.

“Does he need anything?” I asked Dakota. She was rubbing her eyes, which seemed to be bloodshot. On second glance, she looked less tired and more upset. Had she been crying? “Are you okay?”

“Oh, yeah.” But the minute she looked up at me, her face crumpled and she threw herself into my arms and started sobbing.

I didn’t know what to do, so I just held on to her and my ice cream and patted her back in a way I hoped was comforting.

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