Bad Moon Rising by Mandy M. Roth

Author:Mandy M. Roth [Roth, Mandy M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Raven Happy Hour, LLC
Published: 2018-03-05T18:30:00+00:00

13

My cell rang, but it was the ringtone for Lindsay, so I didn’t panic, but answered quickly. “Are you okay? Is the baby all right?”

“Gina, are you okay?” she asked, sounding breathless.

I sighed. Lindsay had probably heard slayers had fallen and thought one was me. I never gave any thought to texting her that I was okay and safe. “I’m fine, hon. Promise. You know if I go down, Zachariah will call you. You’re my emergency contact.”

“I thought you changed that to Jay,” she said.

“I started to change it all over to Jay, but that seemed weird. Like Jay would want to be in charge of end-of-life decisions for me.”

Jay growled. “Anyone hurts you, and I’ll tear their fucking arms off and beat them to death with them.”

Lindsay laughed softly. “Kind of late to be with him, isn’t it? I didn’t interrupt some hot monkey sex, did I?”

“Hot monkey sex with Jay?” I asked. “Wait, you’re serious?”

Jay stiffened.

Lindsay grew quiet. “Gina, Jay and I haven’t been a couple in a long time, and I’m married now and six months pregnant with my husband’s child. Jay and I didn’t have a relationship. We had an understanding.”

I held the phone tighter. “I know you’re mated and not seeing Jay anymore. Why are you stressing this? Also, have the two of you been talking and comparing notes? He gave me the same speech about fuck buddies not in love.”

“It’s important you don’t see Jay painted with the brush of being my ex,” she returned softly. “Also, you need to understand that Jay first came into my life because he wanted to know about you. He’d seen us together. He was interested in you. Not me. You didn’t pay him any attention. That was long ago.”

Confused, I tipped my head, my hand finding Jay’s thigh. “Why the hell are we talking about him like he’s a painting metaphor? And what do you mean, he first came into your life asking about me?”

“Gina,” she scolded.

I rolled my eyes. The woman was horrible at mothering me. “What, Mom?”

“Can you try for two seconds to be less you and listen?” she asked.

I grunted. “Fine. I’ll try.”

“Please don’t see Jay as my ex,” she stressed. “He’s so much more than that. Look at him and see him for who and what he is. Gina, stop fighting nature. Give in.”

“Listen, Linds, I get you want us all to play nicely together. I respect that. Jay and I are friends. Good friends. You don’t have to worry about that falling apart now that you’re doing the mom-and-wife gig.” I kept my hand on Jay’s leg, not really paying much mind to it. “But, let’s be honest here. He may be hot, but hot only gets you so far if you have issues with commitment and see women as something to tally up.”

Lindsay’s laughter was loud. “True enough. He did have issues in the past with being loyal to his bed partners but, Gina, he had a good reason. And trust me, hon, that’s in his past.

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