In the Stars (Whitney Boyd) by Whitney Boyd

Author:Whitney Boyd
Language: eng
Format: mobi
ISBN: 9781937178413
Publisher: WiDo Publishing
Published: 2013-10-21T23:00:00+00:00

It’s better to light a candle than curse the darkness.

—English Proverb

Chapter Sixteen

It is shortly after nine the following morning when my cell phone goes off. I have it plugged in to its charger on the nightstand beside my bed where the light on top blinks green, signaling that the battery is fully charged. I open my bleary eyes in time to see Josh pull his pillow over his head.

“Where’s the fire?” he mumbles and rolls over onto his stomach. His breathing slows and I hear a tiny snore slip out.

So as not to wake him, I grab my phone before it can ring again and press accept without looking at the number. “Hello?”

“Charley, it's Drew, baby. How are you?”

I lie back and snuggle into my covers. I pull the phone closer in to myself. “I’m good. You?” I speak softly, mindful that I don’t want to disturb Josh but also fully aware that my voice sounds sexy when I speak low like this.

“Oh, chillin’ like a villain. I was wondering if we could meet up in a few hours, reminisce, catch up, all that.”

“Of course.” This is why I flew over a thousand kilometers. Not that Drew knows that, but still. “Are you done your, uh, wedding rehearsal?” My voice catches on the word ‘wedding’. Such a loaded word. Loaded meaning.

“Nah, not yet. Driving to the church right now. But I will be finished by about noon at the latest. Say we meet up at the Starbucks down the street from your hotel?”

There is a massive weight on my chest and a funny taste in my mouth. I am trespassing on someone else’s life. That ginger-haired girl from the wedding invitation doesn’t even know me and yet I am intruding on her betrothed. Sylvia, the anonymous fiancée. Does she have a hold on his heart? Am I making a huge mistake by butting in? There is a lot that hasn’t been addressed, so much as yet unsaid.

“Yes, noon works. I’ll see you then.”

We hang up and I shut my eyes tight. Life has gotten more complicated than I ever had imagined. This should have been a breeze; come out here, see Drew, have him tell me I have been on his mind since the day we broke up and then we ride off into the sunset on a horse that suddenly appears. It could have been a short and sweet Ever After ending, but instead it’s a mess.

I open my eyes when I sense that I am being watched. Josh is now coherent and awake, staring at me from his pillow. He stretches with a groan. “That him?”

“Yeah. We’re going to meet up at noon. I just, I don’t know, I need to talk to him and get some actual answers. This is getting ridiculous.”

Josh nods and then says slowly, measuring every word, “Have you ever thought about what kind of a person Drew is to be cheating on his fiancée with you?”

“What?” His words cut like knives and I sit up in bed.

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