You & Me: The Complete Series (3 Book Boxset) by Lisa Shelby

Author:Lisa Shelby [Shelby, Lisa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Lisa Shelby Books, LLC
Published: 2017-11-24T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 2

Alex

I can’t believe I did it. I finally grew a pair and broke up with Kevin last night.

Luckily, last week was the final week he was going to be in Portland working on his project. The timing couldn’t have been better. As we drove to the airport I put it out there that long-distance relationships were too hard. I made it clear that I was going to be too busy with my family to make time to travel to see him and that maybe we should just end things while they were still good, before we drifted away from each other.

He surprised me by agreeing and he didn’t seem angry at all. I dropped him off at the airport, he gave me a hug and we said our goodbyes.

Sitting here at my desk this morning, I feel like I have a weight lifted off of my shoulders.

Just as she does every Monday, Olivia, our other event manager, walks in and places a coffee and a croissant on my desk.

“Thanks, Olivia. You know you don’t have to do this every week…” I take my first sip of the sweet, caffeinated goodness. “But I love that you do. Mmmm…so good.”

Olivia and I met in group therapy years ago when we were still teenagers. After my dad’s stroke—and our family secret was out to all of those involved that night—I finally decided that I needed help. After a year or so my therapist recommended I try group therapy. That lead me to Olivia and we’ve been friends ever since. When a job came open here at the hotel I didn’t hesitate to put in a good word for her. It’s been great and I couldn’t be happier to work with her every day.

“I know I don’t but it’s our thing. Besides, you always get the first drink at happy hour so we’re even. Now, tell me how was your weekend with Kevin? Sad to see him go?”

Keeping my eyes on my computer screen, I confess nonchalantly. “Uh, we broke up yesterday.”

“Oh, Alex, I am so sorry. Are you okay?” She asks with genuine concern.

“I’m fine, Olivia. He wasn’t the one or anything. Besides his project is over and it would be even more of a long-distance relationship than it is already. No need to drag it out,” I say with a shrug of my shoulder. It’s the truth. I’m fine. More than fine.

“Well, okay. If you say so. He was pretty cute though.”

“He wasn’t that cute, Olivia. Enough about me, how was your weekend?”

“It was good. Tom and I drove to the beach and it was the perfect beach weather…”

I am such a horrible friend. As soon as she starts talking my mind wanders back to my conversation with Mick outside of Kells. It took hearing him say the words to remind myself that I didn’t want to become a cliché. I needed to break the cycle of the women in my family being in abusive relationships. Kevin may not have hit me…yet, but I knew it was coming.

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