Rory by James Nicole

Author:James, Nicole
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Nicole James
Published: 2019-06-19T16:00:00+00:00

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That evening, Rayne sat at the kitchen table with a bowl of soup. Her father was still at the diner, like he was most nights, and she ate alone.

The soup was a leftover he’d brought home last night. Business at the diner was down, too, and she knew her father was struggling financially. She couldn’t look to him for help with the business.

With things the way they were at the shop, she’d taken a big pay cut, reducing her salary to minimum wage so she could put the money toward the loan payment instead. It made things hard at home, and she’d really had to tighten her belt. Living with her father in the old three-bedroom Victorian house helped. But the place needed repairs, and her father didn’t have money to make them. The roof was in bad shape, the plumbing leaked, and the furnace was on its last leg.

She’d cut back as much as she could at home, clipping coupons, scaling back on groceries, and shopping at the resale shop for maternity clothes that she’d hidden away because she hadn’t told her father yet. Things looked grim, and she knew they would only get worse. Now she only had to buy prenatal vitamins, but once the baby came, there’d be so much more she’d need to buy. Diapers alone would be a strain.

She took her bowl of soup and walked into the small living room, flipping on the television to get her mind off her problems.

An entertainment show came on, talking about the latest superhero movie premiering that weekend. Another thing she couldn’t afford. The story switched, and Rayne was suddenly looking at one of the hosts interviewing Rory on a tour bus.

He looked handsome, dressed in a white shirt rolled up at the sleeves, revealing his tattoos and what looked like an expensive flashy watch. There he sat in all the trappings of his fame and success while she sat here eating warmed over soup, wondering how she was going to make ends meet.

Resentment flared through her at the unfairness of it all. He’d never responded to her letter, and she had been crushed. Somewhere deep down inside her, she’d wanted him to step up, wanted him to come and tell her it had all been a misunderstanding, that he’d lost her number or something. But she knew that was all a fairytale. He’d had no more interest in her than the one night they’d spent together. It shocked her in some ways, because that wasn’t the type of person she’d thought he was, especially to turn his back on his child? She’d never have imagined he’d be that way. Just goes to show how little she really knew the man.

She could go to Brothers Ink, make a scene, tell his family how she was knocked up by him, but she’d be damned if she’d beg for his help or for him to be involved in this baby’s life. No way! Not a chance! She’d rather scrimp and struggle and do the best she could than beg for help.

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