Let Me Be Your First (Music and Letters #1) by Lynsey M. Stewart

Author:Lynsey M. Stewart [Stewart, Lynsey M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Amazon: B01MS44WP3
Published: 2017-02-14T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Five

It was the morning after the night before.

My head was thumping and my eyes were red. I didn’t sleep well because I couldn’t close my eyes without seeing his hands on the curve of Redhead’s arse or the look on his face as we argued outside the club.

I had woken up to the sounds of laughter and children’s television. Gem was in full mummy mode but looked like shit. I idolised and pitied her all at the same time. ‘Morning.’ Gem’s face was a mixture of pain and condolence. I instantly hated that face because that face meant I hadn’t dreamt the horror of last night.

‘Morning. How are you doing?’ she asked quietly, holding her hangover together. Just.

‘If I could stand the light in my eyes, I would feel like death. As it happens, death would be a welcome relief. I’m worse than death.’

‘That bad?’

‘That bad.’

‘Welcome to the pain of heartbreak. It’s a bitch.’ Gem passed me a coffee and kissed my head.

Abi was the next person to drag herself into Gem’s kitchen. She was wearing dark sunglasses, each lens the size of a large pizza. ‘Don’t speak. I need to retrieve my senses before partaking in the conversation we need to have this morning.’ Her statement made my stomach roll. ‘But first, I need coffee.’

We were silent and had been for a while by the time Kate joined us at the table. ‘Please, keep the noise down. My head is killing me.’ I couldn’t help but laugh at her. ‘I wasn’t expecting to hear laughter come from your mouth this morning. That’s a good sign,’ she said, squeezing my shoulder with her hand. That gesture was so comforting. I didn’t know what I had done to deserve friends like these after the way I had treated them over the last few months.

‘What’s the plan?’ Abi asked.

I sighed and checked my phone. ‘He hasn’t even tried to contact me.’

Abi slowly raised her glasses then quickly put them down again. She was clearly in full Bette Davis mode. ‘You don’t want to hear from him. The guy is a lowlife. He’s a cheating, redhead fucking clunge hobbit!’

‘Watch your mouth! I have impressionable young ears in the other room,’ Gem snapped.

‘Do you think he was cheating?’ Kate asked.

I really didn’t know the answer to that question. I thought back to the day Emma told me he had been sexting her. He had furiously denied it, but now I wasn’t so sure I believed him. ‘I don’t think I know him anymore. I’m not sure I ever did.’

‘Someday, you’ll be everything to someone,’ Abi said as she added three sugars to her coffee. ‘Blimey, even the noise of the spoon stirring my coffee is like standing next to the speakers at a rock concert. Oh My God! My brain is a magical thing. We need a soundtrack of your life update!’ I laughed at the transition from hung-over Abi to excited Abi.

‘I’ve been thinking about it actually. “Send My Love to Your New Lover” by Adele,’ I replied.

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