Sucker for Payne by Carrie Thomas

Author:Carrie Thomas [Thomas, Carrie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-02-04T18:30:00+00:00

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“Hey, sweetie. I was a little surprised you called. I didn’t think I’d see you until next weekend.” My mom greeted me in her kitchen.

“You didn’t want to see me?” I teased.

“Of course I do! Get over here and give your mother a hug.”

I knew ahead of time, seeing my mom would make me feel better. Not that she could solve all of life’s problems, but a hug from her could get me through most things. I’d initially debated calling her because I knew she would worry, but letting her in on parts of my life just made me feel better. It had been a while since I’d felt so alone.

“What’s going on?”

I chuckled. “So, we’re just going to jump right to it, then?”

“You’re thinner than the last time I saw you, you have bags under your eyes, and you’re wearing your glasses rather than your contacts. These are all signs that lead me to believe you have not been taking care of yourself. And yes, as your mother, I demand to know why.” She smiled, as if she hadn’t just insulted me.

“Let me get some coffee first. This may take a while.”

Once we sat down, I spilled my guts to her like I was a fifteen-year-old girl who’d just gone through her first heartbreak. I was one hundred percent focused on giving her only the details, so that she could give me an unbiased opinion on how to handle it. That lasted for about five minutes. It didn’t take but one look from her for me to get completely honest.

I told her how I had entrusted Conner with my deepest secret, and that he’d confided in me as well. I told her how much I cared for him, and that I truly loved him. It wasn’t that I didn’t know how I felt about him, because I knew. But admitting my feelings to someone who wasn’t in our circle liberated me somewhat. Saying the words out loud to my closest family member made the relationship real.

“So, you haven’t seen him since he returned from Las Vegas?”

“Nope.” I’d considered running to his house a thousand times over the past two days, demanding he talk to me, but something always stopped me.

“Willow, if you love him like you claim, you need to talk to him. You need to fix this.”

“He won’t talk to me. I’ve tried.”

“Have you any idea what caused him to snap? What caused him to hang up on you? That was abrupt, and he never explained what his ex was doing there?” Mom had her hands clasped together and her legs crossed. She looked as if she were interviewing someone to clean her house.

I fought back laughter at the thought, and answered her. “I’ve had time to think about this. I believe I may have jumped to a conclusion and he took offense to it.”

“What conclusion?”

“I accused him of being drunk. That was when he hung up on me.”

Her eyes softened, and pity grew in her features. At that moment, I wasn’t feeling as confident as I had been just minutes before.

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