Marriage in a Second by Alina Jacobs

Author:Alina Jacobs [Jacobs, Alina]
Language: eng
Format: epub

3

AMY

Morning. Bright sun. Regret.

Bad decisions were the story of my life, and just like I had all the other times I had drunk too much, I vowed never to do it again.

Something warm and wet dragged across my cheek, nibbled my hair, then yanked.

“Ow!” I yelled as I was unceremoniously wrenched out of my dream in which a hot polo player had whisked me off to his mansion in his private plane, and we lived happily ever after with a bunch of kids and horses.

“Baxter!” I shrieked as the pony pulled me off the couch that served as my bed, table, desk, and living room. I tumbled to the floor.

“Oof.” I rubbed my head. “I drank too much.”

I reached out to the mini fridge and fumbled for a can of ginger ale, but the fridge was empty, just like my life. But not like my apartment.

That’s right, my apartment was so small that I could touch both walls at once. My fridge was the size of a small cooler. My floors were cruddy carpet that grew mushrooms when it rained.

Welcome to New York City real estate.

“Tea,” I croaked, dragging myself upright.

The reason I had rented this apartment—the courtyard. The tiny outdoor space was my oasis in the concrete and glass of Manhattan. I was a country girl at heart, happiest on a farm with my flowers and packs of animals and surrounded by nature.

The small courtyard was the closest I would get in the city, though. I had done my best. There was a small pond with fish and a fountain, terraces of plants that didn’t mind the shade, like ferns, and in the sunny little corner, I grew all sorts of flowers and herbs.

While waiting for water to boil, I snipped off some mint, fennel, and rosemary for my hangover while Baxter followed me around the courtyard as I checked on all my plants.

I was planning on having a nice relaxing cup of herbal tea in the garden while reading, until I looked at the time.

“Shit!”

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