Safe at First by Sterling J

Author:Sterling, J. [Sterling, J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance
Goodreads: 57339306
Publisher: J. Sterling
Published: 2021-03-10T08:00:00+00:00

Clearing the Air

Mac

I looked at Sunny and asked, “She wouldn’t really do that, would she?” referring to Rocky ignoring me in public. I wasn’t sure my ego could take the hit.

“You’re so sensitive,” she said, which wasn’t really an answer.

“You know this about me already,” I whined as we reached her front door, and she unlocked it. When did I turn into such a pussy?

“I still can’t believe Rocky was in that shooting,” she said, clearly changing the subject as she tossed her keys on the kitchen table and walked into the kitchen. She started pulling out things like flour and sugar from the cupboard and talking to herself. “I can’t imagine how scary that must have been,” she added but kept her focus on counting and measuring the ingredients she had started lining up. She started making a list for whatever was missing from her recipe, but mostly, she was trying to avoid talking to me.

“Me neither,” I agreed before silently willing her to stop whatever it was that she was doing and pay attention to me. Forget beating around the bush, I wanted to get right to the heart of the matter and clear the air, which, I had to admit, was very unlike me.

“Sunny,” I said her name, and she dropped what was in her hand. “Can we please talk about what you think you saw earlier? With Hayley?”

Sunny’s body flinched. It was subtle, but I noticed.

“I don’t know what I saw.” She tried to sound nonchalant and unaffected, but she was upset.

“You saw two people talking. Well, you saw Satan talking and me trying to get her to shut the hell up and leave me alone,” I said, hoping she believed me.

She swallowed noticeably, her eyes avoiding mine, and I hated whenever she did that. It was one of her tells, and that was how I knew she was more upset than she was letting on.

“What are you thinking? Just tell me, so I can fix it.”

“I’m mad at you,” she said instantly, and I swallowed hard, feeling a little uncomfortable with the direct outburst.

“I know. I’m sorry I didn’t call you last night.” I wasn’t sure exactly what to tell her about that. Did she really need to know how big of a basket case I was and that I had been wallowing in self-pity all night before forcing myself to fall asleep with the help of some melatonin?

“Why didn’t you?”

“I, um ...” I hesitated, my mind spinning. “I had a talk with Coach yesterday that upset me, and I was in a bad headspace for the rest of the day,” I answered honestly and held my breath, waiting for her response. Maybe she would realize I wasn’t worth all this trouble and cut her losses.

“Mac.” Sunny walked from the kitchen and toward where I stood. “It’s okay if you have a bad day. But just give me a heads-up. It’s not that hard to send me a text, saying you just need to be alone or whatever.

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