Saving Amy by Nicola Haken

Author:Nicola Haken [Haken, Nicola]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T05:00:00+00:00

“Can I use the MacBook in your study this afternoon please?” I asked, looking up at him in bed as I worked my fingers through the fine auburn hair on his bare chest.

“Of course.” Helloooo bemused eyebrow! “You know you don’t need to ask. What are you planning?” he asked dubiously.

“I’m going to look for a job. I might type up a few applications… maybe a resume too.” He sighed heavily, purposely. “Don’t start, Richard.”

“I wasn’t going to,” he protested and now I was the one raising an eyebrow.

Liar!

“Just promise me you won’t degrade yourself.”

Here we go… I rolled my eyes at him.

“I read through your notebook.”

Oh. Embarrassment set my cheeks alight and my heart started to pound with nerves.

“You’re very talented,” he declared with what sounded like genuine admiration in his voice. My eyes dropped down. My stomach followed. Regardless of whether my ability to write was good or not, I’d screwed my chances of a career in that field the minute I decided to fail my senior year.

“There’s nothing to say I can’t work my way up in whatever job I get,” I retorted, shamming optimism.

“But it won’t be doing what you love.” He raised my chin with his finger and then palmed the side of my face with his hand.

“Well, you can’t always get what you want,” I muttered with an onerous sigh.

“Yes you can. I’ll make sure of it,” he stated, steadfast. Just as I was about to ask him what the hell that was supposed to mean, we were interrupted by the sound of his cell vibrating against the wooden side table by the bed. Releasing me, he rolled himself over and grabbed his phone.

“I need to take this,” he addressed me formally, as if I were one of his colleagues. Then in an instant, he was off the bed, and gone.

Lying alone in the giant bed I dug deep into my subconscious, trying to find just a trace of the optimism I felt when I woke up this morning. It didn’t work. I had resigned myself – even managed to feel happy about – becoming something as menial as an office clerk, or a waitress like Julie. But now, after witnessing the disappointment, the judgement bursting out of Richard’s emerald eyes, I suddenly felt… worthless. I’d let him down. I couldn’t be the ‘trophy’ he deserved to have hanging from his arm… The thought twisted around my heart, squeezing it until it became painful to breathe.

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