It's Only Temporary - The Complete Collection by Megan Bryce

Author:Megan Bryce [Bryce, Megan]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Tags: Romance
Publisher: Megan Bryce
Published: 2014-01-10T16:00:00+00:00

Tanner was flying high. Cole’s assistant had called to tell him Harwood’s loans had been transferred and that Cole would be bringing a check back with him this weekend.

Earned money, good money.

Tanner wanted to celebrate, to drink. He pulled into the liquor store, and sat, and stared.

He’d tried to quit going cold turkey. And it had scared him. Because he’d seen how all his wanting had turned into needing.

And one day he might try again, but for now he was working on reducing. To cut back and to think of alcohol as medicine. To take it when he needed it, only when he needed it. Only as much as he needed.

But what was he supposed to do when he wanted it?

He dialed his cell, dialed the one person he couldn’t fail again.

When Ginny picked up, he said, “I think… I think I need a distraction.”

“Where are you?”

He didn’t want to tell her but he’d promised not to hide anymore. “At the liquor store. I wanted to celebrate tonight.”

“Come home, Tanner. We’ll celebrate by having a delicious dinner, we’ll celebrate by taking off all our clothes. And then we’ll celebrate by planning what to do with our future. What to do next.”

He sighed deeply, watching people go in and out. Some smiling, happy. Some gripping their brown paper bags, hurrying to get home. Not happy; needing.

He didn’t know why some could take a drink and then stop. He didn’t know why he couldn’t.

Ginny said, “Why do you need a drink to celebrate, Tanner?”

When he was happy, it made him happier. When he was sad, it made him less sad. He just felt better with alcohol. He just felt like more.

“I guess I don’t need it. But I want it.”

“Do you want it, really? Want everything that comes with it? I think you’re only remembering the good parts and forgetting the bad parts. The part where it turns from one drink to two to three. The part where you end up alone, pushing me away because you don’t want me to see.”

At her words, he looked away from the store. He hadn’t been thinking of that. He’d been thinking of that first sip. The warmth that would spread through his body, making him feel so good. Making him feel even colder and more alone after it went away.

“Come home, Tanner. Today has been a good day. We’ll have enough bad days, let’s keep the good days good to the end.”

He turned on the car without looking at the store. Pictured himself sitting out by the pool alone, sliding a bottle under his chair.

He said, “I’ll be home in a few minutes.”

Ginny said, “I’ll be naked.”

He choked out a laugh. “I’ll be home even quicker than I was planning.”

“I love you, Tanner.”

He smiled, knowing it was the truth even if she was still trying to get him home sans bottle.

“I love you, Ginny. I’ll be home as fast as I can.”

He hung up, keeping his eyes averted from the store. He sped out of the parking lot, getting away before he changed his mind.

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