The Middle Man by K.s Adkins

Author:K.s Adkins [Adkins, K.s]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 2017-10-01T23:00:00+00:00

We were eating our truck stop carry-out in the car when Nix asks, “Did you know you were being filmed?”

With my sandwich poised to take a bite, I lower it, losing my appetite. Because I knew this was coming and Phoenix had every right to ask questions. If roles were reversed I would have asked a lot sooner. But it left my stomach sour just the same.

“Fuck, I shouldn’t have opened my mouth.”

“No,” I force out. “The only time I perform on camera is if I’m being paid.”

“Finn…”

“Nix, I didn’t love Talon. He was convenient and while I know that's a silly reason to stick around, it beat being lonely. Plus, I thought he understood what made me tick and liked that he didn't press me for extra time. I haven’t watched the video nor do I plan to because that woman isn’t me. I was never myself with Talon. I was fake, he was fake, we were fake.”

“You let him use you?”

“No because we used each other.”

“Why?”

“Why pay a hooker to fuck you, Nix?”

“I should have never said shit,” he mumbles looking away.

“See, right there that’s the problem with relationships. You should have said something because when a woman is sharing her body with you, she has a right to know where it’s been. We both have pasts and cannot change them, so let's not waste time thinking about them. And who knows when he took the video, but it wasn’t within the last year and a half because I haven’t been with him in at least that long.”

“I’ve gone longer than you,” he says softly.

“Oh yeah?”

“It had been at least a year before your first text. Once I saw your face…no other woman, no amount of money to pretend it was worth it would ever do.”

“Really?”

“Look at me, Finn,” he orders. “I may do a lot of questionable shit but, I will not lie to you.”

“Okay then,” I smile ready to finish my lunch. Appetite renewed!

“Knowing this, it won’t come as a surprise to you that when this situation is handled, I’m coming back to kill him.”

Shrugging, I take a huge bite and take my time chewing just to razz him. “Did you hear what I said, Finn?”

“Mmm,” I nod easily not much caring what happens to Talon.

“Now,” he says leaning in. “Why did you really walk away? I’ll kill him tomorrow if he’s not what’s standing in your way. Do you want to go back to your job?”

Wiping my mouth, I confess, “My image has always been an issue. No matter what I do, it ends up in a magazine somewhere because it’s a female doing it. Truth is, I’m tired of that aspect of the business. On screen, I’ve done it all, the spark is gone. While I won’t deny I loved most of it, I’d be lying if I said it didn’t get old sometimes. This,” I wave between us. “Is new, exciting and the adventure I’ve been waiting for.”

“You really believe you’ve been waiting for me?”

“Why not? You believe you’ve been waiting for me.

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