Locked and Loaded (Bullet, #6) by Jade C. Jamison

Author:Jade C. Jamison [Jamison, Jade C.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Jade C. Jamison
Published: 2016-02-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eighteen

“HOLY CRAP, ZANE. There are big families who don’t live in places half this nice.”

“I know. I knew you’d appreciate it. This is luxury on wheels, babe. This is how I know we’re in the big leagues.”

“Geez...I can’t believe these bunks...and the bathroom.”

“Mmm...I need to break my bed in before we go on tour. Can you help me out there?”

“Zane! No way. Val and Ethan could walk in any minute!”

“Nah. She’s already been in here. They’re just on the bus humoring us.”

“You, you mean.”

“No, us. You’re impressed, aren’t you?”

“Yeah...but it’s just a bus.”

“Oh...what do I have to do to impress my girlfriend? If this big bus doesn’t impress her...”

“I—we’re boyfriend and girlfriend again?”

“Don’t you want to be?”

“I guess I hadn’t thought about it, but...yeah.”

It had been almost a week, but Jennifer remembered the last words Zane had said to her on the phone. “Don’t call, okay? I’m, uh...going to be going through withdrawal. Again. And, um...it’s not pretty. I don’t want you to hear me like that. But I love you, Jen—and anything for you.”

God, she wanted to believe that, but how many times did she have to be humiliated, betrayed, and hurt before she refused to come back for more?

She’d told him one more time. She’d give him one last chance...and that was it. She steeled herself for the very real possibility that Zane would still have his leopard’s spots when he emerged from the other side of whatever treatment he was getting. She knew he’d been through rehab a ridiculous amount of times. How good could the process be if it didn’t work?

She had to admit to herself that she didn’t know much about it. Jennifer had never been addicted to anything and prayed she never would, so the concept was foreign to her.

She shook her head and started typing again. It had been easy getting lost in thought over the past week, and she had to focus to stay concentrated, especially at work. It was hard when she gazed upon her child too, but with fewer distractions on the job, she caught herself thinking way too much about Zane when she should have been working.

Today, though, was a little different, because Constance was on a tear. She’d been ranting and raving all morning, first about her boyfriend and how inconsiderate he was around their apartment, leaving his dirty socks everywhere and not rinsing out his cereal bowl. Then she’d begun bitching about how the front desk wasn’t properly screening visitors. Jennifer kept her mouth shut, because she wondered why Constance even gave a crap. The front desk had nothing to do with their department, where they had no direct client contact. So why the hell did she even care?

Jennifer knew when Constance said her next sentence. “God, can’t anyone around here do anything right?” The woman whose cubicle was across from Constance said something Jennifer couldn’t hear from where she sat. That was good. She didn’t need to. She moved her mouse, pointing to the little speaker icon so she could turn the music up a little more.

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