Best She Ever Had (9781617733963) by Ellis Shelly

Author:Ellis, Shelly [Ellis, Shelly]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kensington Books
Published: 2014-11-12T05:00:00+00:00

Cynthia tiptoed in the dark through the hallway and down the staircase, feeling like a cat burglar. The house was eerily quiet. Everyone was asleep upstairs and the staff had gone home for the day hours ago. Only the groundskeeper was still around, probably getting drunk in one of the sheds out back. She hoped he was drunk enough not to notice the car at the far end of the driveway. Cynthia had warned Korey to turn off his headlights when he drew near the house so he could stay hidden in the dark.

When Cynthia reached the second-to-last riser on the staircase, she tripped slightly on the runner and almost plunged face-first onto the marble tile below. But she grabbed the banister in just enough time to catch herself.

“Damn! That was close,” she whispered.

If she had fallen, who knows how much noise she could have made. She could have woken up one of her sisters—or, worse, her mother! She took a deep breath and tiptoed to the French doors. She gave one last furtive glance over her shoulder before unlocking the front door and stepping into the night.

She looked around her, squinting as she peered at the end the driveway, searching for Korey’s Chevy Cavalier. The kelly-green lawn now had a dewy scent thanks to the rain that had stopped more than an hour ago. Fireflies twinkled faintly. The incessant melody of crickets played in the distance, but everything else was silent. Like her family, it seemed that the rest of the world was fast asleep—well, everyone except her and Korey.

Cynthia soon spotted his car. She ran toward the Cavalier, which waited fifteen feet away, feeling her heart race and her palms sweat. She was almost beside herself with anticipation. She pulled open the passenger-side door and climbed inside.

“Hey,” she said as she shut the door behind her.

He didn’t return the greeting. Instead, he silently shifted the car into drive and did a slow U-turn, steering out of the driveway and onto the gravel road leading off the Gibbons property, using the light of the full moon to guide his way. When they were almost a quarter of a mile from her house, he turned on his headlights and picked up speed.

They drove in silence for several minutes. Meanwhile, Cynthia kept glancing nervously at Korey. She couldn’t see him well in the dim moonlight, but from what she could see, he looked angry.

“Thanks for doing this. I know . . . I know it was probably a surprise.”

“Yeah, you could say that,” he mumbled, still staring at the windshield.

“How have you been?”

“How have I been?” He shook his head with disbelief. “Cindy, why the hell am I here? We haven’t spoken in weeks, then suddenly you call me out of the blue and—”

“Because I had to see you,” she answered honestly.

He turned to her, searching her face. “Why?”

Because she knew now that she couldn’t move on with her life with Bill until she closed this final chapter with Korey, and the quick phone call she made last month hadn’t cut it.

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