Crossroads by Blake Haugen

Author:Blake Haugen [Haugen, Blake]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Blake Haugen
Published: 2014-06-01T04:00:00+00:00

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Ivy Koppel was right. Persephone didn’t come home that evening and opted to sleep at her place. Rather than explaining his previous anger and retrieving her, Vanya had demanded that she come over. It went terribly. She asked if he’d lost his mind and proclaimed that he was going to have to “go a night without some tail.” He’d then rephrased and asked her to spend the next evening with him. She’d begrudgingly agreed and hung up after saying “bye.” However, she eluded him the next day and now it was Saturday. He was in the city – without Persephone.

Vanya was hanging out in the jewelry store with Yulian, Max, and Sophie. An urgent matter had brought him back to the city on Friday afternoon and now he was just checking in on things he had neglected during Winter Break. They congregated in the back room with the finest jewelry and the least amount of customer traffic. The back room was an exclusive place for only the most affluent and selective customers. Though Saturday morning was one of the busiest times in the shop, few customers made their way to the back room. As always, the group spoke in Russian for Max’s benefit.

Vanya wished he had heeded Mrs. Koppel’s advice. He was now suffering from a case of heartache and blue balls. Family business had gotten in the way and it had been two days since he had seen Persephone. This was quite irregular, given that they had spent every night together since the beginning of December. His goofy cousin noticed his sour disposition.

“Dude, Vanya, you are like, really into the merchandise today,” Yulian said, clasping Vanya’s shoulder. “The rings aren’t going anywhere, man. I have this shit on lockdown.”

Vanya did his best to ignore his Yulian. He was certain his demeanor said stay away, but Yulian would not be discouraged. If Vanya didn’t known Yulian had graduated magna cum laude with a degree in mathematics, he would have thought the man a complete imbecile. Yulian shared his good looks with Mikhail, but that was about it; there wasn’t a serious bone in his body.

“Yeah, I got it,” Vanya grumbled. “I’m just checking it out.”

“Alright, bro. No need to get snappy. I’m backin’ off.”

“Oh, leave him alone. Can’t you see he’s heartsick?” Sophie chimed in.

“What? Heartsick? What am I missing here?” Yulian asked turning to her.

“I’m not heartsick!” Vanya proclaimed, rising from the counter. “I haven’t bought Lina a bridal shower present and it’s a in a few weeks.”

“Well, you’ve got time,” Yulian replied and then scratched his head. “Wait, are you even invited to the bridal shower? I thought that was just for girls.”

“That’s correct. Besides, Vanya is looking at the engagement rings and Lina already has that part covered. If that’s not heartsick, I don’t know what is. Denial maybe?” Sophie answered, smiling smugly.

The petite brunette looked like a doll, but was as straight-edged and as calculating as a business magnate. Vanya generally appreciated her competence and shrewd assessments of a situation.

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