Pretty Ever After (Chicago Nights Book 3) by Tabatha Kiss

Author:Tabatha Kiss [Kiss, Tabatha]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-06-07T16:00:00+00:00

Twenty-Three

Robbie

For a recovering alcoholic, there’s no such thing as a good day.

There are okay days, but they’re few and far between. Even seven months in, I rarely go half a day without thinking about the warm comfort a bottle of whiskey can bring. Even people like Betty and Roger who have been at this for years say they don’t have good days. There will always be someone we hurt badly enough that no amount of time will ever make up for the things we did or said when we were wasted, and that cloud will haunt us forever.

That said, I’m having a good day.

Maybe even a great one.

“The fuck are you smiling about?”

I look up as Roger sits down in the empty chair next to mine. “Nothing,” I answer, my grin widening as I take a sip from my Yummy Bean Coffee to-go cup. I arrived at the meeting early by accident. I guess the skip in my step this morning was just too quick.

“Ah,” Roger says, shaking his head. “Someone got their dick sucked this morning.”

“No comment.”

“You know, I’ve got to hand it to you, my friend. I thought you’d screw it up somehow by now.”

“Oh, ye of little faith.”

“So, is it official?” he asks, sipping from his own to-go cup. “Are you two back together?”

“Not exactly. We’re just having fun. No strings attached, you know?”

He grimaces. “But you’re in love with her.”

“So?”

“So, where’s the fun in that?”

I laugh. “You’ve never been intimate with a woman you have genuine feelings for?”

“Okay, first, don’t call it being intimate. It makes it sound gross. And second, no. I have not.”

“It’s only a matter of time until you do.”

He glares. “Don’t you dare put that curse on me.”

“I apologize.”

“Thank you.” He waves at the chair three seats away. “Top of the morning, Betty.”

“Hey, Betty,” I say, giving her a head bob.

“Good morning, gentlemen,” she greets as she sits down and goes back to her phone conversation.

I look at Roger. “By the way, as your friend, I feel like I have a moral obligation to tell you that your new plaything broke into my apartment and tried to seduce me.”

Roger grins as he pulls his phone from his pocket. “Yeah, I know. She sent me a selfie,” he says, tilting the screen in my direction.

I glance at it and scoff as I see her naked, perky breasts once again. “Washing the sheets was the right call,” I say, averting my eyes.

“Yes, it was.” He smugly swipes through a few more pictures. “This girl is filthy...”

“You realize she’s only using you to get back at her dad, right?” I ask.

“Oh, I’m well aware. I just don’t care. It’s one of the perks to not letting feelings get in the way of what I’m there to do.”

“And what’s that?”

He swipes again, and I instantly regret it.

“Never mind,” I say with a sigh. “Sorry I asked.”

“Question.” He clears his throat and returns his phone to his pocket. “You wouldn’t know a good lawyer, would you?”

“Maybe,” I say, dreading the direction of our conversation.

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