Felicity Found by Lara Ward Cosio

Author:Lara Ward Cosio [Cosio, Lara Ward]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Rogue Publications
Published: 2018-10-31T16:00:00+00:00

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I shower and dress in anticipation of going to the studio. Gavin’s already texted, saying he thinks he’s got a solution on Christian’s song. I decide, at the risk of interrupting Felicity’s coffee date, that I’d better phone her to be sure she’s okay with me spending the day away. After last night, I have no idea how she’ll react. But I don’t see how she would be in favor of me sitting here in the house without her just for the sake of it.

She picks up after the second ring.

“Honey, sorry to bother you,” I start.

“No bother.” Her voice sounds light, untroubled. It’s a stark contrast to how she sounded during our conversation last night.

“So, I really need to get to the studio today. I wanted to make sure you’re okay with that.”

“Why wouldn’t I be?”

This baffles me and I’m silent for a moment. I have the sinking feeling her nonchalance is just a pretense and that I’d better tread carefully.

“Because of what you said last night,” I tell her gently.

“It’s fine, CQ,” she says. “You’re going to do whatever you please anyway, won’t you?”

I shake my head in frustration. She has a tell that exposes when she’s trying to distance herself from me. It’s using the nickname “CQ.” I had thought we were well past that. Now it’s made a timely reappearance.

“Tell me what I should do,” I say as calmly as I can. “I need to get some work done. Lizzy is here with the babies. You’re doing your thing.”

I wait, but she’s silent. I have no choice but to push through.

“I’ll ring you later, then. Maybe we can do a late dinner together?”

“Sure,” she says, “if you can find the time for that.”

There’s a sting that lands with that comment. It pushes me where I don’t want to go, and I lash out.

“What do you want from me, Felicity? I’m trying to wrap up this album so I can be around more. Can’t you see that?”

The line is quiet again except for some ambient noise from where ever she is. Then, she replies, “I will see you whenever it is you get home.”

She disconnects before I can say anything more and I’m fuming. I throw my mobile hard against the wall. It falls to the floor, its screen a spiderweb of cracks and bits of the frame scattered.

“Fuck me.”

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