Faking It with the Frenemy by Nadia Lee

Author:Nadia Lee [Lee, Nadia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Four Isles Press
Published: 2020-05-21T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Thirty-Two

Kim

It takes half an hour longer than expected to reach Corn Meadows, thanks to a small fender bender slowing down the freeway traffic. Not that I mind the delay. The closer we get, the more I have to consciously relax to relieve the tension gathering in my neck and shoulders.

I’ve never wanted to come back to this horrible little place, home to so very, very few decent memories. The only reason my mother, with all her divorce money, even settled here in the first place was because she wanted to be a “person of importance,” as she put it. And that wasn’t going to happen in a big city like New York or Los Angeles.

If it weren’t for the fact that I need to attend the wedding and get Wyatt to sell the statue, I’d never set foot here again. I’ve trashed every letter and brochure from my old high school, including the invitation to the latest reunion. I’ve asked more than once not to have them sent, moved without giving them my new address…but somehow the school finds me again. It’s like a faucet that drips every so often, just enough to drive you crazy, but not seriously enough to call a plumber.

But then, nothing is logical and sane when you’re dealing with Corn Meadows. Even the town’s name is ridiculous. No one grows corn here. The soil apparently isn’t right for it, but the founders thought they could, and named the town after the crop they wanted to raise. If they’d been pecan farmers, the place would’ve probably been called Nutdale.

Nothing much has changed. Still the same old streets with the same old stores, like all the multinational conglomerates somehow missed Corn Meadows during their quest to build big-box stores in every town in America. Or maybe they thought it was too small to bother with. Either way, it feels weird, like I’ve been thrown a couple of decades back.

Maybe people are different now. As in, learned to mind their own business.

Hopefully. Ideally. I pray for that, even though part of me doubts that particular aspect of Corn Meadows has changed. The place doesn’t even have a McDonald’s. People are going to need some form of entertainment, and nothing entertains like gossip. It’s free and in endless supply.

My phone pings. A text from Mom.

–Mom: OMG! I saw a picture of you and Wyatt in a brand-new Audi! Are you in town right now? I can’t believe I’m in NY and going to miss it!

Oh, thank God she’s in New York. I purposely didn’t tell her about this visit because I knew exactly what she’d do. The last thing I want is for her to embarrass me in front of Wyatt, going on and on about how I need to marry him before my boobs deflate, because he’s rich. And Vi! The poor kid’s already going through the pain of her own mother’s gold digging. She doesn’t need to wonder if I’m around for the same reason, especially since it isn’t true.

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