Sloppy Seconds by Laney Kay

Author:Laney Kay [Kay, Laney]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Porkchop Publications, LLC
Published: 2019-09-29T16:00:00+00:00

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Four weeks and four days later, on a Wednesday evening, Jack moved into his tiny rental house near Georgia University. He’d sold his house fully furnished to one of his former business partners who’d just gotten divorced, and he’d driven out to Atlanta with his clothes, some artwork, and some personal stuff crammed in the back of his Explorer, and Melvin, his dachshund mix, riding shotgun. He’d stopped by his new office that morning to see how construction was progressing. He answered some phone calls and emails, and now he had the rest of the week and the entire weekend to relax, go to the grocery store, and get his house liveable.

He hadn’t heard a word from Bella. No calls, no texts, no nothing, for over a month. He’d been cyberstalking her on Facebook and had seen a couple of pictures online from fundraisers she’d attended, but she was smiling and looked like she didn’t have a care in the world, so he’d stopped looking. It was easier to convince himself that she missed him as much as he missed her when he wasn’t looking at pictures where she looked like she was having a great time without him. He wasn’t sure the best way to approach her now that the month was up, so he figured that maybe he’d casually text her next week, or call her to see if she’d like to grab lunch or come see his new house. He hoped that if they saw each other he’d have some idea of how she felt and could figure out the best way to wrangle his way back in her life.

The next morning, he decided to run some errands. He bought a bunch of stuff for the house, like cleaning supplies and a new vacuum, then went to a store to buy a new mattress. He’d rented a furnished house, but one night on the bed in his room convinced him that he needed to buy his own mattress to save his back from permanent damage. He ordered one and paid extra to have it delivered that afternoon, then went to Costco to buy sheets, towels, and some new cookware. By the time he was done with everything, he was starving. He decided to stop at Whole Foods to grab something already prepared and to stock up on a few staples for his pantry. He fixed a plate and ate it in their little area with the tables and then grabbed a buggy to do some shopping. He rounded the corner at the end of the first aisle when he ran into someone coming in the other direction. He looked up to apologize and found himself face to face with Bella. His apology died in his throat, and he stood there staring at her with his mouth open.

She stared right back and her eyes welled up as her face paled. A tiny blonde woman next to her looked between the two of them and, when it was obvious Bella wasn’t going to introduce them, stepped forward with her hand out.

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