The Sound of Your Heart by Laura Ward & Christine Manzari

Author:Laura Ward & Christine Manzari [Ward, Laura & Manzari, Christine]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: New adult romance
Publisher: Life Changing, LLC
Published: 2018-07-10T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

Julie

The birth certificate went right back into the drawer...after I looked through the rest of the paperwork and snapped pictures of everything with my phone. Darren was right after all. We’d found a ton of correspondence between Nikki and Jed. Most of it was in the form of emails and I wondered if she kept his emotionless responses as some sort of demented form of love letters. Most of what was said between them wasn’t worth more than a trip to the trashcan.

I couldn’t believe how everything had changed. And I still didn’t quite know how I felt about it. The only thing I did know was that I had to talk to Nikki. Today. And I couldn’t take Darren with me.

The ride back to his house was quiet. He didn’t know what to say and I didn’t want to talk about it. I was afraid one wrong word would completely unravel the careful way I was holding myself together.

He didn’t say anything as I helped him out of the van and up the ramp into his house.

“Thanks for going with me.” I kissed his forehead before I backed up toward the front door.

“You okay?” he asked, the first words he’d said since we left my mom’s house. He reached for my hand like he might keep me from leaving.

“Yeah. I’ll be fine,” I managed to say.

“What are you going to do?”

I lifted one shoulder in a laid-back shrug. “I’m going to talk to her. It’s about time she told me the truth, right?”

He nodded his head in affirmation. “Call me after.”

I lifted my eyebrow and tried to contain my smile. “You’re addicted to gossip and drama, aren’t you?”

He didn’t smile, which was unusual. Darren was rarely serious. “I’m worried about you and I need to know you’re okay. Call me no matter what time it is.”

I reached behind me for the doorknob. “I will,” I promised.

“Don’t let her hurt you.”

I nodded as I blew him a kiss and left, but all I could think was that it was too late.

She already had.

***

Bombshell looked the same as I remembered. It tried to be fancy and glamorous with its Hollywood style sign and window display, but it was in a rundown strip mall and they specialized in affordable hairstyling. No one was getting rich or gorgeous at Bombshell, especially Nikki Prescott.

I pushed open the front door and the smell of perms and hair dyes assaulted me, reminding me of my childhood. I’d spent a lot of hours in the salon. Back then, I was grateful to spend time with my mom, for any scraps of attention she would dole out to me.

Now? I was all grown up and armed with the nasty truth of her lies. I was angry.

Nikki was sitting in a chair, her legs crossed, a fashion magazine in her lap. The place was mostly empty. She looked up at the sound of the bell over the door and I saw a small frown flicker across her mouth before she smoothed her expression out.

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