Love Me Forever by Serenity King

Author:Serenity King
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2017-07-08T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

Jarred made it home in record time. He was surprised he hadn’t gotten a ticket. He walked through his front door and went directly to the liquor cabinet, where he reached for the Hennessy, opened it and took a big swig directly from the bottle.

“Ugh!” he cried, almost choking on the liquid, which burned his throat as it went down. He brought the bottle back up to his lips and drank again. He repeated his actions until the bottle was empty.

He’d felt the effects of the whiskey after his third swig, but wouldn’t stop drinking.

“She’s just like that cheating, lying Lainey. All women are alike,” he slurred, as he staggered across the room.

Jarred blinked several times, trying to see up the stairs. Everything was blurry. He tried to climb onto the first step, but missed it and fell. From his position on the floor he lifted his hazy gaze again, but could make out only shadows. Reaching for the bannister, he slowly pulled himself up, trying to keep his balance.

“There.” He brought his foot down, missed the step again and fell—this time on his face.

“Aw, come on! Stop moving the stairs. You can do it, Jarred,” he chanted. When all else failed he crawled up the steps and into his bedroom, where he fell facedown on the bed.

“Ha! You can’t beat me.” He laughed.

“Night, night,” he whispered.

* * *

The insistent ringing of his doorbell woke Jarred up out of his alcohol-induced sleep. He’d left Heavens in a state and had come straight home and gotten drunker than he’d been since his college days.

He was paying for it tenfold. The ache that throbbed behind his eyes made him feel as if the top of his head was going to explode. His mouth felt as if he had a bushel of dirty cotton in it. The treacherous ringing and constant banging on his door weren’t helping, either.

Jarred staggered out of bed. Somehow he made it downstairs to the door.

“Who is it?” he called, his voice raspy from all the alcohol he’d consumed.

“Langston and Brice. Open the door, bro.”

Jarred didn’t feel like company. Especially the company of his know-it-all brothers. He contemplated letting them stay outside on his stoop. However, chances were the arrogant Manning brothers would keep making noise until someone called the police.

Deactivating his alarm, he unlocked and opened the door. Both brothers pushed past him and into the house.

“Well, come on in, why don’t you,” Jarred said sarcastically.

“What’s wrong with you?” Brice asked, eyeing him.

Jarred winced. His brother’s voice vibrated against his temples as if he had a mini army dancing in his skull.

“Tone it down, please,” he groaned, clutching his head.

“Man, you smell like a distillery,” Langston said, fanning his hand back and forth in front of him. “Just how much did you have to drink?”

“Too much. I think I may have alcohol poisoning.” He grunted, one hand holding his head, the other his stomach. He needed the toilet quick. Jarred had a feeling everything he’d poured into himself last night was getting ready to regurgitate.

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