Promises We Break after Dark (Decisions in Durham Book 3) by Rachel Higginson

Author:Rachel Higginson [Higginson, Rachel]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Reckless Siren Publishing
Published: 2023-09-25T16:00:00+00:00

twelve

A couple of hours later, my phone buzzed with an incoming text. I was elbows deep in cleaning out some of my bedroom drawers and rolling all my clothes into suitcases so I could save the packing boxes for other things. My face was puffy from crying earlier. And my hair was pulled back into minuscule twin buns at the nape of my neck because my blunt bob was so short. The hair around the front of my face kept escaping the hair ties and getting in my face.

Needing a break, I reached for my phone and plopped down on the edge of my bed. The text was from Charlie. I did not smile when I opened it. My lips did an involuntary twitch into something that might be misinterpreted as a smile. But it was definitely not a smile.

Charlie: I’m bored. Entertain me.

Me: Whatever you’re doing right now is less boring than what I’m doing.

Charlie: Impossible. This isn’t a competition, Kelly. Tell me what you’re doing, though, so I can decide for myself.

Me (definitely not smiling at all): Packing up my underwear drawer.

Charlie: I’ll come over and help.

He added the running emoji, and I actually cackled with laughter. What an irreverent flirt.

Me: I hate to disappoint you, but I’m almost done. And I don’t have any food in the house. You would hate it here.

Charlie: You don’t know me at all, Ada.

I was starting to worry that was true. But anyway, back to packing. I’d forgotten how much work it was. Memories of moving into this apartment with Adleigh had started to come back. Vague promises of never moving again . . . they’ll have to carry my cold, dead body out the front door before I ever do this again . . . I would rather light the whole thing on fire and leave all my possessions behind to burn than move this shit again . . .

Just very nebulous snapshots of promises and threats. Nothing too serious.

But here we were. I was so excited to get to the loft and make it mine. My heart practically grew three sizes like the Grinch at the end of the movie every time I thought about my life from that loft. Every time I thought about eliminating rent from my monthly expenses.

I had to keep reminding myself that it wouldn’t be forever. Eventually, I’d have to figure out how to budget for it again. But for right now it felt like such a deep, satisfying breath of fresh air.

Should I feel somewhat like an indentured servant? I didn’t know. My feelings were unclear on the ethics of the whole thing. But I did trust the English siblings to let me walk away from the job and the apartment should the time come.

And more than that, I trusted myself to use this time to save, rest, and listen to my instincts.

My doorbell buzzer rang its shrill alert through the cluttered apartment, and I nearly jumped out of my skin. Holy shit, I couldn’t wait to be away from that awful thing.

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