Good Girls Don't Date Rock Stars by Codi Gary

Author:Codi Gary [Gary, Codi]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Literature & Fiction, Women's Fiction, Contemporary Women, Romance, Contemporary, Contemporary Fiction
ISBN: 9780062331724
Amazon: B00FJ3CMOU
Barnesnoble: B00FJ3CMOU
Goodreads: 18655896
Publisher: Avon Impulse
Published: 2014-04-20T16:00:00+00:00

“NOT GOING TO tell me what an idiot I am?”

Travis felt like shit, but it was nothing in comparison to the gut-churning anger he was currently directing at the woman beside him. She hadn’t said anything to him about the fight on the drive back to his car. He almost wished she would tell him how stupid he was so he could at least pretend she was the Gemma he knew, and not a stranger.

It irritated him more that she didn’t look away from the road as she said, “No.”

“Huh. Well, I guess you wouldn’t want to. Might open a whole can of worms, and why would you want that? You never did like to do anything unpleasant. No confrontations. No standing up for yourself. No wanting to be the bearer of bad news. You just like to run away and bury your head in the sand while everyone else fights your battles for you,” Travis said. He knew he’d struck a nerve when her mouth thinned, so he continued, “You’ve always had someone to do all your dirty work for you. Me. Gracie. Mike . . .”

“All right, you know what? That’s enough,” Gemma said, flashing angry eyes his way before looking back at the road. “I didn’t tell you about my pregnancy because my stupid, romantic teenage brain wanted you to be free to choose to stay with me and not feel like I’d forced you into it. So when I found you with that girl in your trailer, I snapped and told you it was over, and all you said was, ‘Okay.’ Like no big deal, so forgive me if I didn’t just think, ‘Well, that’s okay. Just because he made a few halfhearted attempts to change my mind doesn’t mean he wants to be in my life for the next eighteen or so years.’ I broke up with you, Travis, but it was your choice to stay away. You could have come back to me at any time, if you really thought of me as much as you said you did, but you didn’t. You were too busy with your Fifis and your Candys and your other hundreds of groupie bimbos.”

Finishing her tirade on a shrill note, Travis watched her, red faced and gripping the steering wheel for dear life, and his mouth twitched against his will. “Just to be clear, I have not, nor will I ever, date a woman named Fifi, and there was only one Candy.”

“Whatever, Travis. I know I screwed up and I’m sorry, but at the time, I thought you would hate me, and eventually Charlie, for holding you back,” Gemma said, pulling into Buck’s parking lot. She shut off the car and turned to face him in her seat.

“I don’t want to feel defensive, or give excuses, but yeah, I needed a lot of help for those first few years. I depended on everyone around me until I was finally able to stand on my own two feet. For the last nine years, I’ve asked for favors, but I haven’t had to count on anyone to bail me out.

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