Playing Catch-Up by Zoey Lennox

Author:Zoey Lennox
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Published: 2020-03-16T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

An hour later, Alexis and Ramie were seated at one of the numerous circular dining tables littering the interior of Julian’s. Classical music wafted into the dimly lit room from hidden speakers while waiters and waitresses wearing a smart ensemble of black trousers and red waistcoats attended to their customers’ every whim.

Alexis tucked into her pan-fried steak, savouring the red wine and mushroom sauce as it awakened her taste buds, and grinned when Ramie appeared equally enamoured with her peri-peri chicken.

She hadn’t broached the topic of Kenya since leaving the centre, not wanting to upset Ramie further, but maybe now some time had passed, Ramie would be willing to talk.

“So…” she said, treading carefully. “What’s up with Kenya? Those were some shitty parting words earlier.”

Ramie made a face. “Tell me about it. Every time she acts like that, it’s a reminder of why we broke up.”

“Which was why again?” Alexis couldn’t help herself. The lid on her curiosity had burst open.

“Kenya’s got a lot of issues. Far too many for me to take on. Sadly, I had to learn that the hard way, and I got burned more than once. We’ve been apart for a year and a half, but I’m still reaping the fucking repercussions of her actions.”

Alexis chewed her food slowly as she attempted to decode the cryptic words. Was she talking about the debt Maddie had mentioned?

“Okay, I’m just going to throw it out there.” Ramie cleared her throat. “Kenya’s got a huge spending addiction. She racked up thousands of pounds of debt in her name, and then went behind my back and took out credit in mine. By the time I found out, she’d gone through my entire life savings and maxed out my overdraft. The loan she took out in my name was the final straw. There’s only so much a person can take.”

Alexis reached across the table and stroked Ramie’s hand. This was worse than she’d imagined. “And you had no idea?”

Ramie shook her head. “I was aware she was spending a lot, but I never thought for one minute she was forging my signature to get credit.”

What a bitch. “Did you confront her?”

“Not at first. Like the idiot I am, I made excuses for her. I didn’t want to accept that the person I loved could betray me like that. When I did finally challenge her about it, she snapped. Things went flying around the house, and she accused me of pushing her to spend because I didn’t pay enough attention to her.”

“I can’t imagine you not paying her enough attention. You’ve been nothing but attentive towards me.”

Ramie gave her a sad smile. “I know. That’s the worst part. I put everything I had into that relationship, but when it came down to it, even that wasn’t enough. I know she loved me. In a way, I think she still does, but spending is something she loves even more. She’s still not learned her lesson. Only last week, she asked for a loan so she could pay her rent.

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