Page 35 of Pieces of Us
“What time did Linc leave your room?”
Jax stops chewing and his eyes go wide as he swallows. “What the hell did I miss?”
“Melonie and Linc hooked up,” Marcus chimes in.
I look at the ceiling. “He told you?”
“We all sort of knew it was going to happen.” He shrugs.
“What does that mean?”
“He’s gone for you, Melonie.” Jax grabs a tub of jelly from the center of the table.
“He’s not ‘gone for me’.”
“Well, he was. Not too sure about now.” Marcus leans back in his chair.
“See, I told you that you are oblivious.” Gigi leans back and I watch as Marcus places a hand on the back of her chair.
“So, this has just been common knowledge, and no one could be bothered to clue me in?”
Marcus fills his coffee cup, then fills up Gigi’s. “Figured you knew. He doesn’t exactly hide his feelings well.”
“So, what happened? Why is he being weird?” Audrey steals a piece of bacon from Jax’s plate. He gives her a dirty look and takes a piece of her toast.
“I don’t really know. Yes, we hooked up last night.” I shoot Marcus daggers. He just keeps a straight face, waiting for me to continue. “But it was just that—a hook up. It’s Linc, he doesn’t do ‘feelings.’ Or I thought he didn’t.”
“Did he leave again? He wasn’t in your room when I got you for breakfast.”
“No, I told him he didn’t need to stay.”
Marcus leans forward. “Because if he stayed, things would get messy, right?”
I look at him. This is the most he’s ever spoken to me in one sitting. “Friends don’t do sleepovers, Marcus.”
“Ouch.” Jax grimaces.
“What?! Can someone let me in on what you’re all thinking, because right now, you’re all making me feel like garbage.”
Jax puts his elbows on the table. “Melonie, have you heard Linc talk about going out or about other women recently?”
I try to think back over the past few months. “He’s been on dates.”
“He has, but they haven’t been his normal dates.”
“What does that mean?”
Audrey fills her coffee cup. “Babes, you’re the only woman he’sbeenwith since the first night you guys met.”
My eyes go wide as I stare at her. “There’s no way.”
“It’s true,” Marcus confirms.
I look at the empty seat beside me. “Shit.”
Jax nods. “Yeah.”
“What should I do?”
