All We Have (Thirty-Eight #4) by Len Webster

Author:Len Webster [Webster, Len]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance
Published: 2016-01-24T05:00:00+00:00

“Ally!” Stevie had shouted her name once the apartment door closed.

Ally kept her eyes on the bedside table as she had since Rob had left. She wasn’t sure what time it was. She didn’t care. The tears continued to fall and the pain in her chest made breathing a difficult task. Somewhere in the apartment, her phone had rung, but she hadn’t done a thing to get to it. Rushing footsteps echoed and then her bedroom door burst open.

“Oh, Ally,” her roommate breathed as she entered Ally’s room.

Ally didn’t answer her.

Stevie climbed onto the bed and sat behind her. Her hand settled on Ally’s shoulder.

“Rob called me an hour ago. I ignored his calls because I thought he was calling to find out where you and Adam were.”

The sound of Stevie sniffing caught her attention. Ally turned in her bed to see the tears sliding down her friend’s face. “Why are you crying?”

Stevie sat against the headboard and wiped her tears. “Because I’m a sucky friend. Because I let this happen. Because I’m stupid for not standing up for you more. I gave him the benefit of the doubt, and he still hurt you. I should have known his calls were important.”

Clenching the blanket tight against her naked body, Ally sat up and shook her head at Stevie. “It’s not your fault. I wanted it … I just had no idea that I’d lose my virginity like that. I thought he’d …”

Her bright blues were consumed with guilt, and her frown was clear as day. The grief had swept through Stevie’s face.

“Don’t look at me like that,” Ally said in a small voice.

Her brows furrowed. “Like what?”

Ally’s shoulders slumped as she tried to hold back her tears. “Like I’m pathetic. I already feel like I am.”

“No,” Stevie breathed and wrapped her arms around Ally, bringing her close to her. “I don’t think you’re pathetic at all.”

Ally rested the side of her face on her shoulder. “You should have seen his face when he realised. It was this almost undeserving realisation that consumed him. Like I wasn’t good enough or something.”

“Don’t think like that. Because trust me, you’re way too good for Rob.” Stevie rubbed her arm.

“I’m not,” she sobbed. “I got called a whore for two years of my life by strangers. But no one made me feel like one like Rob has.”

“Hey,” Stevie said, pulling her back. She looked Ally straight in the eye. “You’re not one. Because if you are, then, what the hell does that make me? Ally, don’t make my mistake after I lost my virginity to Julian. I was so traumatised over how much I fell in love with him that I tried to forget him with a countless amount of men and sex. Don’t do it. Don’t even think you’re one.”

“But did Julian walk away when he broke your … hymen?”

Stevie shook her head. That was where their similarities differed. “No. He didn’t. He touched me in this caring way that made me feel loved.

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