Page 108 of How to Get Revenge on a Cheating Ex
Rina’s staring at me in confusion. “You’re going to do what?”
I straighten away from my car. I’m already fishing for my keys in my pocket. “I’m gonna try,” I say.
Rina’s face brightens. “Really?”
She sounds so shocked, it would be funny if I wasn’t currently trying not to throw up at the thought of what I’m about to do.
“I’m gonna try,” I say again, this time to myself. I’m gonna do more than try. I’m gonna fight. My heart slams against my ribcage again, and the adrenaline is back.
Iamgoing to fight tonight—but not Grayson.
He’s not worth a fight.
I’m going to fight for something better.
I’m gonna fight and I’m gonna win.
Hopefully.
But at the very least, I’m going to try. Because Rina’s right—Bailey deserves better. She deserves better than Grayson, and she deserves a hell of a lot better than the guy I’ve been these past few years.
The guy I was earlier tonight.
That’s not me, not anymore. Not when I’m with Bailey.
And I might not know what I want out of life, or in my future, but I do know one thing. I want to be the guy who gets the girl.
I want to be the guy who’s worthy of Bailey Tucker.
TWENTY-SIX
NOBODY PUTS BAILEY IN THE CORNER
Bailey
Toni’s sprawledout beside the toilet, her hands clasped over her chest as she stares up at the ceiling. “Okay,” she says. “I think that was the last of it.”
I hand her a cold wet washcloth and grab an unopened toothbrush from one of the cabinet drawers.
“Thanks for letting me crash here,” she says.
“No problem.” My parents were out on a date night when we got home, and Janie’s the only one awake since the boys went to bed hours ago.
Janie shows up in the doorway now, her nose scrunched up in a sympathetic wince. “You hanging in there?”
Toni nods and points to me. “I’m doing better than her.”
I sigh. “Thanks, Toni.”
Janie swings her concerned gaze in my direction, and Toni somehow manages to look smug and superior even as she sticks a hot pink toothbrush in her mouth.
“What happened?” Janie asks.
I shake my head. I’m trying my best not to think about it.
It’s not really working, but I’m trying.
“Zack,” Toni says around a mouth full of foaming toothpaste. “Zack happened.”
