Dyeing to be Loved (Curl Up and Dye Mysteries, #1) by Aimee Nicole Walker

Author:Aimee Nicole Walker [Walker, Aimee Nicole]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Curl Up and Dye Mysteries, Book One
Publisher: Aimee Nicole Walker
Published: 2016-11-07T22:00:00+00:00

The morning of Georgia’s burial was as frigid as the forecasters said it would be. I stood atop the hill in the Sugar Grove cemetery with only a handful of people. I had canceled my appointments for the day, which was something I had never done in all the years I had been styling hair.

I wasn’t surprised to see Georgia’s longtime attorney and housekeeper at the cemetery, but Nadine’s arrival shocked me. Her eyes were red rimmed and swollen; she looked legitimately devastated. I wasn’t quite sure what to make of her being there so I steered clear of her, hoping to avoid any kind of drama. Apparently, Nadine was of a different mind because she sought me out as soon as the graveside service was completed. By that time, I felt as if I had been frozen into a popsicle and just wanted to go home.

“Josh, wait,” she called out after me. I stopped and let her catch up to me. “Look, I just want you to know that I’m very sorry about what happened with Georgia. She deserved better than what she got.” I wasn’t sure what she was apologizing for – sleeping with Georgia’s husband or the hateful things she said the day she died – nor could I figure out why she was apologizing to me. “I’m sorry for everything,” Nadine said, as if she could read my mind. “I don’t like myself very much right now.”

I wasn’t exactly sure what to say to her. She looked sincere, but would she be saying any of it if Georgia was alive? She sure as hell didn’t look sorry when she was doing her damned best to verbally eviscerate Georgia in my salon, nor did she look sorry when she was rolling all over the floor trying to scratch her eyes out. All of it just made me sad and I didn’t have the energy to dole out forgiveness, even if I had the ability to give it out. I wasn’t the one she should be apologizing to, but for some reason she thought I was the next best thing.

“I’m not quite sure what you expect of me, Nadine,” I said honestly, but without animosity. “I can’t give you the absolution you’re seeking.”

“I think I’m just looking for someone to listen,” she said sadly. Nadine had always put on such a happy face for the town, but between the night of the viewing and the morning at the cemetery, I was starting to believe it had all been an act. “I don’t really have any friends, Josh.”

I did feel sorry for her then because I couldn’t imagine my life without my friends, especially Meredith and Chaz. We had been through so much together and came out on the other side stronger than before because we always had one another. Regardless of the mistakes she had made, I wouldn’t wish loneliness and misery on her or anyone.

“Never mind. It’s not your problem, Josh. I’m sorry for dumping this on you.

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