Switch and Bait by Ricki Schultz

Author:Ricki Schultz
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Published: 2018-06-11T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

Henry doesn’t message Ansley at all the next day, the next night, and even though I’ve got the kids to distract me from obsessing over it, I’m concerned. It just doesn’t seem like him to disappear. Not after our last conversation. Other guys, sure, but not Henry.

Maybe I’ve made him wait too long.

On Sunday, after Graham and Isla return, I say my good-byes and then I suck it up and message him. It could technically fall under Rule Number 9, Don’t be pathetic, but I decide it’s a gray area whether messaging a guy first after a full twenty-four hours plus of not hearing from him is pathetic or not. It depends on the context.

But when I start in with a breezy How was your weekend? Henry’s quick to respond, and I decide it’s okay.

Not pathetic at all.

He mentions he was babysitting his nieces the other night, and ice skates through me that he’s bringing it up. Maybe the worst part of this whole thing is not the ethics of deceiving Henry but the strain on my own conscience—the stress of me dealing with these layers of deception.

It’s too much for me, so I suggest he and Ansley meet for coffee this week. I know she’s scared, but I can’t interact with him anymore. If this is going to happen with them, I don’t want anything else to do with it.

He happily agrees, despite me warning him that he might get a lap full of French roast.

Henry:I’ll take my chances. I’ve had much worse—trust me.

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