The New Beginnings (Books #1-3) by Michelle MacQueen

Author:Michelle MacQueen [MacQueen, Michelle]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-06-27T04:00:00+00:00

Maggie hadn’t seen Jason all week, and she was getting worried. It wasn’t like him. Especially during the summer, when she didn’t have work, they usually touched base every day. He was a little needy, but then, she needed him too.

The ring vibrated through her ear as Maggie tried to call her cousin for the millionth time. Only one ring before she heard his smooth voice tell her to leave a message. So, he hit ignore, she thought. Something is up.

“Jason,” Maggie said to his voice mail. “It’s your cousin. Remember me? I’m the short blonde who likes to yell at you. You’re worrying me. Call me back. Please.”

She tried Michaela next. No answer.

Who else could she call? Chris was out of town for a few days. She didn’t have Josh’s number.

With a sigh, she put her phone down on the coffee table and sank back into the couch. Scenarios of what could’ve happened ran through her head, each one worse than the one before. No, she told herself. Jason was fine. He hit ignore on his phone. She couldn’t think of a reason for him to be mad. Jason had very little anger in that brain of his - at least these days. A deep resentment had controlled his life many years ago, but that had long since disappeared. He was one of the calmest, most logical people she knew. And anger was illogical... at least, that’s what he always said.

Maggie had only seen him truly angry once - when a guy in his bar couldn’t keep his hands off Michaela. That was when Maggie knew Jason was going to fall for that girl. It had already started, and they barely knew each other at that point.

He’d been hurt a lot in his life, but he was one of the few people she knew who could channel that into something other than anger and hate. She envied that in him. For so long, she’d hated both Jake and her father. It consumed her, leaving her only with regret.

Her father was dead. She’d loved him in spite of everything he’d done to her. But she also hated him. When someone dies, it isn’t the hate that stays with you, it’s the love. That’s what creates grief. They’re no longer with you and you wish more than anything for just one more conversation.

Maybe if she hadn’t completely forsaken him, she would’ve been there when he got sober. She would’ve been able to talk to him and know if he ever loved her. That was a question she knew she’d never know the answer to. Was it the alcohol that made him cruel, or had she really meant nothing to him?

Her phone vibrated against the table, and Maggie squeezed her eyes shut when she saw Michaela’s name on the screen. She picked it up slowly, answered it, and held it to her ear, afraid she’d hear that something had happened to Jason.

“Maggie,” Michaela said, her voice clipped.

“Is Jason okay?” she asked.

“He’s fine, just busy.

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