Road to Redemption by Piper Davenport

Author:Piper Davenport [Davenport, Piper]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: dogs, motorcycle, piper
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

THE BUZZING OF my phone on the nightstand woke me and I grabbed it, answering it without opening my eyes. “Hello?”

“Where do you want me to drop your shit?”

“Alex?”

“Where do you want your shit?” he repeated.

“What time is it?”

“Can you just fuckin’ answer the question, Payton?” he snapped.

I sighed. “Are you drunk?”

“Fuck me, woman. I have your shit, I don’t want it. Where the fuck do you want me to take it?”

The hurt came flooding back and I bit back tears. “Just give it to Dani. I’ll get it from her.”

“Are you fuckin’ cryin’?”

I shook my head, but didn’t answer him. Clearly, it was over and he wanted nothing to do with me.

“Payton?” he snapped again.

I took a deep breath. “Just give the stuff to Dani¸ Alex. Thanks.”

I hung up and shoved my face into the pillow, dissolving into tears. I felt sick and sad, hurt and angry, all at the same time. I’d never felt like this before, and quite frankly, being dumped by someone you loved totally sucked. I suddenly had a great deal of empathy for my exes.

My phone buzzed again and this time I checked the ID. “Hey, Dani.”

“Hi. Sorry to call so late. I honestly thought I’d get your voicemail.”

“It’s okay. Alex woke me.”

She let out a quiet hum. “I’m sorry honey.”

“It’s okay. He wanted to know what to do with my stuff, so I figured you two hadn’t talked.”

“Well, that’s not entirely accurate.”

I frowned. “I don’t understand.”

“He won’t give me your bag.”

“Can Kayla get it?”

“No.” She groaned. “I debated on whether or not to call you, but he’s locked himself in his room with a bottle of whisky and he’s threatening to burn your things if we try to take them from him.”

“Sounds like he’s drunk.”

“That’s an understatement,” she said. “What do you want me to do?”

“Honestly, there’s nothing in there I can’t replace. Just leave it. If he burns it, he burns it. It would be an apt ending to our relationship that went down in flames,” I added somewhat pathetically. The call-waiting beep on my phone sounded and I glanced at my screen. “Ohmigod, he’s calling again.”

“Do you want to get it?” Dani asked.

“No. I’m just going to ignore him.” I saw the time, just after midnight. “I’m assuming Kayla’s with Lily?”

“Yeah. I talked to her and they’re fine. We’re staying here tonight so Austin can keep an eye on Hawk.”

“Okay. Sounds good.” I rubbed my forehead, trying to stave off a headache. “Thanks Dani. Sorry to drag you into this mess.”

“Don’t worry about it. I’ll still try to get your stuff.”

“I appreciate that.”

“Okay, better go,” Dani said. “Talk to you tomorrow.”

“Okay.”

We hung up and I rolled onto my side and squeezed my eyes shut. My phone buzzed again, but it was Alex, so I ignored it. He continued to call well past midnight, so I turned off my phone and forced myself to sleep. Needless to say, I didn’t really get any.

* * *

Sunday I awoke to the headache from hell… and a note from Bailey sitting on the kitchen counter.

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