Good Stepbrother (Love #2) by Scarlett Jade & Intuition Author Services

Author:Scarlett Jade & Intuition Author Services
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Love Kissed Books
Published: 2015-04-14T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

I should’ve been over the moon. I just recorded a demo. I had two jobs. I had a place to live. But I was miserable. All I could think of was my mom and Carter. My mom was dead. I’d never see her again. I’d never get to share my life with her. Not that I shared much of anything with her in the last few years, but now I’d never get the chance.

I lay in my bed, sobbing. I wept for the life my mom didn’t get to lead because of me. I sobbed for the man I loved and left. I cried for myself. I never slept a wink that night, and at three in the morning, I pulled myself from between my sheets and showered. The water beat at my muscles and mingled with my tears.

I had ruined not only my life, but the lives of so many other people. Now I had a shot at making it big. I didn’t deserve it. I didn’t. I still wanted it, though. I would’ve been stupid to pass it up. That was one thing I wasn’t. I wasn’t stupid, even though I pretended to be.

I turned off the water and dried myself slowly. My mind was elsewhere as I dressed and applied makeup. I could’ve looked like a clown and I would’ve never known. I just couldn’t focus. Once I was ready, I walked the few blocks to the diner and let myself inside. Greg, the line cook for the overnight shift, let out a low whistle as I walked in.

“Damn, kiddo, you look like shit. Have some coffee,” he suggested and I nodded, grabbing a cup of black coffee and plopping down on a stool at the counter. The diner was empty for the moment, but soon it would fill up with all the old timers wanting to talk with me about the good old days and sneak a squeeze of my butt cheeks. I hated them but I couldn’t say a word about it. I had to deal with the groping.

“Rough night?” he asked, wiggling his brows and thrusting his hips.

“Not in that way,” I smiled tiredly.

“Aww, what’s wrong? Did a boy break your heart, princess?”

“No. I don’t really want to talk about it.”

“Well excuse me! Drink your coffee and get it together before the breakfast crowd rolls in, yeah? Let’s try to be friendly to the customers.” He turned back to the grill and scraped it with a spatula while he muttered under his breath.

I finished my coffee and took a deep breath as some of my first customers came in at precisely five AM. “Bri!” one old geezer called. “You know what I want!”

“Sure thing, Peter,” I smiled tightly, hopping off the stool. I got him a fresh cup of coffee, two over easy eggs and two slices of rye toast with apple jelly. He had the same thing every morning I’d been working there.

Slowly but surely, the diner filled up. Kelli, the other morning waitress, meandered in at six AM and I pointed at two plates of food under the warmer.

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