Rebound Envy (Rebound #2) by Jerica MacMillan

Author:Jerica MacMillan
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2016-01-25T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER ELEVEN

I plug my iPhone into the stereo system in my car and start Alice Cooper's "School's Out." Singing along at the top of my lungs on the way home, I replace "teachers" with "students" in the line about dirty looks.

It's June 10. I told my students goodbye for the year, signed yearbooks, and wished the graduating seniors success in their future endeavors two days ago. My classroom is cleaned up, things stored for the summer, and my grades turned in. I'm officially on summer vacation.

Not that this next week will be much of a vacation. Brian and Jenna are getting married next Saturday, and the next week will be full of parties and get-togethers. And all that craziness starts tonight. Brian's family has flown in from Wisconsin, and we're having a little party at The Barrel Room tonight for the wedding party and out-of-town family and friends that have arrived already.

Jenna's bridal shower will be at brunch on Sunday. She insisted on waiting until now so that Brian's mom and sister could come. That will be at my house.

The bachelorette party will be on Thursday night, the rehearsal and rehearsal dinner on Friday, and the wedding on Saturday. And somewhere in there we have to find time to finish putting together the table centerpieces and wedding favors.

While all of that sounds exhausting enough, the thing that I'm worried about is the party tonight. I haven't been to The Barrel Room since I told off Adam just before Spring Break.

It doesn't feel like it's been over two months, but it has. The time between Spring Break and the end of the school year always feels like a vortex that pulls you down, down, down until you reach the end. All you can do is try to keep your head above water and hold your breath when you inevitably get pulled under.

Instead of being able to breathe now that school is done, I have another swirling vortex sucking me into its depths. And in the center of that vortex, I'll have to face Adam again.

I left without giving him a chance to say anything two months ago, and I've made Jenna meet with me anywhere but there to hang out or go over wedding planning. She hasn't said anything, but whenever she mentions going there and I demur, I can tell she's wondering if I'll ever go with her again.

After a quick shower and a change of clothes, I'm on my way. I'm looking forward to meeting Cate, Brian's sister and Jenna's other bridesmaid. We've talked on the phone a couple times and it will be nice to meet her in person.

I walk in the door of The Barrel Room and am immediately pulled into a hug. Familiar perfume tickles my nose as I hug the smaller woman back.

"Amy! I'm so glad to see you!"

I pull her in for another squeeze. "It's good to see you, too, Gloria! It's been too long."

Jenna's mom pulls back. Her once dark hair is now almost completely silver and cut into a spunky pixie cut similar to Jamie Lee Curtis.

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