The Marriage Pact Mistake by Julia Keanini

Author:Julia Keanini [Keanini, Julia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Pickled Plum Publishing
Published: 2020-04-04T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

The same doubts were still plaguing me as I met the girls for brunch the next morning. Fortunately, it was a Saturday, and I could lick my wounds all weekend before having to function like a normal human being and go into work. But then again, being at home meant more of a chance of running into Easton and seeing up close and personal the man who I felt was slipping through my fingers. Life, at the moment, was rough. And I didn't know how to make it better. Thankfully, brunch with the girls was always a healing balm.

"Are you coming to Taco Tuesday this week?" Whit asked after we'd ordered. I'd missed the week before because I knew Easton would be taking the opportunity at the gathering to tell everyone his big news. And I couldn’t be there to hear it. Something about Easton telling our friends his plan to marry would have made it seem even more real than when he'd told me. The logic behind that thought wasn't fully there, but it was what I felt. I also knew eight gazes of pity would’ve shot my way, and I didn’t want to deal with that. Even without being there, I'd received texts from most of our friends just seeing what was up in my life, the friendly way of asking how I was taking the news.

So although Whit understood my need to miss last Tuesday, she still hated it anytime anyone missed a Tuesday, no matter the reason. I knew she worried that if we missed the gathering enough times, we'd all just quit showing up. Which was a valid concern. These kinds of things fell apart all the time. But Whit didn't see what we did. We could never fall apart because she was the glue that held us all together.

"As long as I don't try to declare my feelings to the guy I love and he tells me he's marrying someone else and needs to share that news with the group at large, I should be there," I said, trying to sound like I was joking. But it was too soon. I felt my stomach flip and my heart hurt.

"I guess you had a pretty good excuse for missing last week," Whit said, the sides of her lips downturned. "I'm sorry, Josie."

I shrugged.

"But things went better last night, didn't they?" Sophia asked hopefully before taking a sip of her smoothie.

"Not really," I said. I wasn't sure how to explain what I thought was another close call followed by Easton backing away once again. Had he almost kissed me or had I imagined it? Even if it was best case scenario and Easton had been about to kiss me, last night and the time before, what had stopped him? Sure, things had gotten in our way, but I was certain we could have overcome them if we’d wanted to. And I knew I wanted to.... So that left Easton.

It seemed pretty clear that Easton didn’t

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