The Memory of Us by Claire Raye

Author:Claire Raye [Raye, Claire]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Claire Raye
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

I walk into Alice’s studio and it looks amazing. It takes my breath away to see how far she’s come in the last year. Both of us finding something we love and pouring our heart and soul into it.

She has organized a grand opening event, inviting all her clients to attend and asking them to spread the word. As of right now she has at least one hundred people confirmed to attend and from the looks of it, she is pretty much done with the set up. I’m sure that was courtesy of James and Ryan.

James greets me with a kiss on the cheek as Ryan finishes up moving a table while Alice orders him around.

“James, I don’t think I’ll ever get used to you not smelling like a dirty crotch as Alice so eloquently put it,” I say as he pulls away from me.

James and Alice kept in touch after we left Astoria and to my surprise, their relationship turned serious about six months ago and he left his fishing job and moved to New York. Unbeknownst to Alice, James actually has degrees in biology and chemistry and quickly landed a job as a research assistant with a pharmaceutical company.

I have to say when he first said he was moving to New York I was skeptical, thinking back to all the losers Alice has hooked up with in the past, but James has exceeded my expectations and Alice seems sublimely happy. Happier than I’ve ever seen her.

“She just has a way with words,” James comments back and Alice smirks at him from across the room before he stalks over and pulls her in for a kiss.

Ryan smiles at me shyly from where he’s standing in front of the table Alice asked him to move. It’s still very new, but I like him. We met about eight months ago and after far too much internal debating, we ended up together.

It was one of those hook-ups that seemed destined to happen and after what went down with Elliot, I decided not to let this one pass me by. Every morning for at least a month, Ryan would be in line either behind or in front of me when I stopped at a local coffee shop. Sometimes the line would be long and we’d chat and it eventually turned more than friendly and I began to look forward to flirting with him in line. I even found myself feeling letdown when he wasn’t there some days. One morning, I got in line to find Ryan missing and my heart sank. But as the line dispersed, Ryan was waiting for me at the front with my order and a cheeky smile on his face. After that it all kind of came together and we’ve been together ever since.

It’s simple and easy and comfortable, and although I’m happy, I still have thoughts of Elliot. It’s hard not to, the constant comparison is always present no matter how hard I try to push it aside. Ryan knows about the situation, but not the full extent of it.

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