Recovery by Nicole Dykes

Author:Nicole Dykes [Dykes, Nicole]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-03-04T00:00:00+00:00

It’s been a couple days since I sat down and listened to Jase tell me his story. I still think he could be an addict, but he insists he isn’t. I haven’t brought it up again.

We’re roommates.

And that’s all we need to be.

The last thing I want is to turn into my mother. But I do think Jase is a good guy. I think it’s admirable that he continues to go to meetings and he’s sponsoring a young addict. I just can’t be part of that world. I need to distance myself from it as much as I can.

Keep my head down and get the hell out of here.

“Hey!” Quinn places a drink in front of me on the bar with a great big grin. “So, you talked to Jase?”

She must know I did with the way she’s asking. I nod. “I did.”

“Good. And he told you everything?”

Again I nod. “He did. I still think he could be an addict, but I get why you didn’t feel the need to warn me.”

She smiles. “He’s a good guy.”

“Who could have killed someone from his substance abuse.” I can’t completely let him off the hook. I just can’t.

She takes a deep breath and then sighs. “Yes, which is awful. But he’s atoned for his sins. And none of us are totally innocent.”

“I know.”

“So how did you leave things?”

“No more sex.” I’m adamant about that. She nods her head in agreement. “But we’re roommates . . . Maybe friends.”

“Good. So you’ll be at Finn’s party tomorrow?”

“Finn’s party?”

She busies herself behind the bar now, grabbing more drinks as a crowd of people rush in. There was a concert tonight, and it must have just let out. “Yeah. His birthday is tomorrow. It’s at the loft, and Logan and I even got a babysitter.”

“You guys are all fine with Jase drinking?”

She looks like she’s searching for the right words now. “Yes. I’m telling you, Mya. He’s not an alcoholic. He’s really not. I’ve known him for a long time. I’ve been around him at parties and here. He never, ever gets out of control.”

“Until he does.”

“He doesn’t.” She seems so certain, but there’s a nagging feeling in my gut.

“Well, you know him far better than I do.”

“Just go to the party. I think it will be a lot of fun.”

I nod my head and pick up the drinks to deliver them. When I get back, I see Jase and Finn sitting at the bar. “There’s my favorite waitress,” Finn exclaims, and I shake my head at him.

“You guys don’t have to work?”

“Just got off,” Jase says, picking up the beer Quinn just placed in front of him, but he hesitates as he brings it to his lips. He’s looking at me, waiting for me to say something. I don’t. He’s a grown man. If he thinks he can handle it, and all of his closest friends think he can, then that’s up to him.

He finishes lifting it to his lips and takes a drink. I

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