Friends without Benefits (Rise of the Discordant Book 4) by McMullen Christina

Author:McMullen, Christina [McMullen, Christina]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-11-28T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter 8

Unglamorous

I stood frozen in the hallway, unable to believe that what I heard was true. Well, actually I could believe it. I just didn’t want to. I knew there was something totally fishy about Taffy’s hot ‘nephew’ showing up and taking an immediate interest in me when no one else would, but I was not going to question it. I knew that it was a means to an end and hey, it was actually kind of fun.

Well at first. I mean it was exciting and new and I was even able to take my mind off the curse for a while, but well… let’s just say losing my virginity wasn’t the explosive moment that trashy romance novels led me to believe it was. But hey, it was my first time. There would be others right? When I never heard from him again, I’d assumed Ethan was just in it for the sex and moved on. It didn’t bother me. I expected with the curse broken, I’d start getting more dates.

I didn’t expect that I’d just had sex with a puppet who was straight up murdered by my mom and her crazy drunk friend when they took his soul out of his body. I was pretty sure I was going to need therapy after hearing that.

It wasn’t until I heard a chair scrape that I realized they were probably going to come out the front door. It occurred to me that it wouldn’t be a good idea for mom to find me eavesdropping on that particular conversation. So I did what any rational adult would do and hid in the closet. Of course, as soon as I did, I realized that was a dumb move. The Beast was parked right out front. Cloaking it was out of the question because the walls between me and the car were not living wood and besides, I was pretty sure Desmond could see through a cloaking spell.

“Come to think of it,” I heard mom say not more than a few feet away. “I had a piece of pottery Taffy had asked me to repair. Perhaps I should bring it with me and look like I had a reason to visit the old bat. It’s rather large. Do you think you can help me move it?”

Thank the goddess for small favors. As soon as I heard the back door creak shut, I was out the front, in the Beast, and down the hill before anyone was the wiser.

* * *

“Alright, what is it?”

“Huh?” I jumped, nearly spilling the entire bottle of vodka that I’d been pouring. As it is, Bernie was going to get an extra splash or two in his usual cocktail and if there was one drunk in all of Blackbird who didn’t need to kill any more brain cells, it was Bernie.

“As I was sayin’,” Bogie said, prompting me to give him a dirty look.

“Again, Bogie, it’s nothing. I’m just tired of everyone getting on my back,” I said with a dirty look and yet another glance at the clock.

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