Page 95 of Holiday on the Rocks
“You took learning some new shit off of my to-do list today. Thanks Kristina.”
She tossed a red candy into her mouth. “Let’s cut through the crap. I’m not telling Lexi or Rachel anything. Let me be here for you.”
“Honestly, I don’t even know if I’m playing an active role in my life right now. Shit happens and I’m like “oh, so this is what I’m doing now?”
“It’ll be okay.” She nudged me with her shoulder. “I promise.”
“Yeah, next week I’ll totally get my shit together, right?”
“My lips are sealed, but I have to ask as your friend. Is something going down with Mr. Levi?”
Going down…giggle.
“Not really.”
“So that’s a yes.” She inhaled sharply. “I’m not going to say a word but be careful. Sparks can fly when people are trapped in a vacation house together outside of the real world. You both have a lot of history. But it’s been dead for how long?”
“Seven years.”
“So neither of you had contacted the other in all that time? If you hadn’t ended up in Colorado for a wedding, you likely would’ve never seen each other again. Do I have this correct?”
I nodded. “You do. The fact that things went down how they did, and he just left me there was unforgiveable. No letter or text? His phone number was disconnected and he just cut me out of his life. He wasn’t the person I thought he was.” Sigh. “It took me a long time to find the yee to my haw after him.”
“So you two have talked about it since you’ve been here?”
I looked down and nodded.
She pushed my hair off my face. “And held hands?”
I nodded.
She whispered, “Maybe he kissed you?”
Heat hit my face as I nodded again feeling like a child being busted for stealing gum from the gas station after shoving it down my pants. Not only did I do it, but I was well aware it was the wrongest of all wrongs.
Kristina lifted my chin. “So it’s just a casual thing?”
“Yeah. We kind of said we could hang out in Colorado but then it’s done. It’s like closure.”
“And both of you want nothing after that?”
“Yes.” I spoke as quietly as I could. “But I think it was all a mistake. And now Clint is here and everything is messed up.”
“You took that job because Clint wanted something a little more with you.”
“Yeah, but if I acted like a grown up instead of being afraid maybe there would be something there with him. I don’t know.”
She sighed. “Since we’ve been friends, I’ve seen you bolt the second a guy seems like he might be a good one.”
“Maybe. But I think I’m just better on my own, you know?”
Lexi and Rachel bounced into the room.
Rachel sat on the coffee table in front of me. “Emily texted and said we have to meet her at the caterers place at nine tomorrow morning.”
Lexi sat in the chair next to me and scrolled through her phone. “The caterer is a friend of hers and she’s just started her business and doesn’t have a van. We’ll have to drive all the food to the reception ballroom.”
I looked over to see Rachel examining my face. “What?”
