Woman Walks into a Bar by Rowan Coleman

Author:Rowan Coleman
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Pocket Star

Twelve

“Get out of my way,” I said and pushed Joy to one side as I headed toward the pub doors.

“What?” Joy stepped in front of me again. “Why? Where are you going?” she asked me, looking surprised. I shook my head as I looked at her. I couldn’t believe that she didn’t know why I was so angry.

“I thought I was going on a date with . . .” I stopped myself saying Brendan’s name. “Luke Goddard!” I shook my head in disbelief. “Joy, you of all people should know what he did to me! He made my life hell. He made me think that someone like Adam was my knight in shining armor!” I pushed past Joy again and got two steps farther before she stopped me.

“Sam, wait!” She held the top of my arm. “Please. Just listen to me for a second.”

I pulled her fingers loose and waited.

“OK,” she said. “We were stupid. We should have told you from the start who you were meeting. But we didn’t think you’d come if you knew!”

“Actually, that part was Joy’s idea,” Marie said.

“Marie!” Joy exclaimed. “You’re not helping.”

Marie shrugged.

“Too bloody right I wouldn’t have come,” I hissed at them both, trying hard not to attract attention. “And now I’m going home. Get out of my way.”

But Joy didn’t move.

“You told me once you still thought about Luke Goddard and how different things might have been.”

I stared at her in disbelief.

“I didn’t!” I said.

“You did,” she said. “That’s why I thought . . .”

“If I said that, I was drunk or brain damaged or something. I don’t even remember saying it.” I shook my head. I couldn’t believe her.

Joy lowered her voice as a few people looked over our way. Even the greatest hits CD that Brendan had turned up to full volume couldn’t disguise the fact that something was going on with us.

“Sam, babe, if you could just talk to him, then . . .”

“I can’t believe you’d think . . .” I began, hearing my voice roll like low thunder.

“Just hear me out” Joy held up the palm of her hand. “You never knew, did you? You never knew if he really liked you, or if he’d meant the whole thing as a sick windup right from the start. Well, now you can ask him.” Joy’s voice softened. “Look, he seemed to me like he really wanted to see you. To set things straight. Don’t you want that too? To finally move on . . .”

“That’s what I’ve been trying to do,” I said. “What I thought I had done until you raked all this up. Luke Goddard? Joy, why? You must be sick!”

“I just thought,” Joy kept talking. “Well, I’ve seen it on the telly. You know, when they get people to confront their painful pasts. It helps them to find a new strength to live their lives with.” Joy put a hand on my shoulder. It felt heavy. I shrugged it off. “If you talk to Luke, you could tell him how he made you feel.

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