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“Stop it. Stop it right now or I swear to God I’m going to scream.” Carrie squints her eyes at him and he shakes himself out of his lust trance.
“Sorry, your friend is beautiful. There are some shoes in here I definitely want to see her in.” Percy shrugs.
“Just the shoes I’m assuming?” I ask hitching one of my eyebrows and smirking at him.
When he nods, Carrie groans loud. “So cliche! Get new tricks!”
Percy laughs and pulls me out of the closet so we can have a private conversation without Carrie listening to every word.
“Everything good? You seem a little tense?” I ask him rubbing my hands over his arms.
“Yeah. Everything’s fine. I just have to go visit Ian and wanted to know if you were going to be okay here with Carrie? You guys don’t have to leave, but I was supposed to go see him yesterday. I never got around to it. I have to make sure he’s okay and doing what the doctor’s want him to do. He has a way of getting people to believe one thing when he’s really doing the complete opposite.”
“Oh yeah, sure. We’ll be fine. Do you want me to come with?”
“No, it’s okay. If he’s still being hardheaded, I’m going to have a hard talk with him. I don’t want you to be around that bullshit. Stay here, keep the bed warm.” He leans forward and kisses me softly.
“That’s so domestic.” I can’t help but laugh.
“Should I bring you flowers when I return?” He asks me as he walks back towards his room.
“Not unless you plan on bringing Carrie some too. She’s going to start getting jealous soon. If you want to keep me happy you are going to have to keep her happy too.
“Noted.” He chuckles and turns into his room while I go back to Carrie and we work out what I’m going to be wearing for this event. Whatever it is I need to make sure that I blow him away with how good I look.
When I turn back around I see Carrie walking out with a few pairs of shoes.
“Where are you going with those?”
“You’re never going to wear them so best friends rules say that they are mine. Deal with it.”
I can’t believe I’m getting robbed before I even have a chance to see what she’s robbing me of.
“How do you know I’m never going to wear any of those?” I say trying to look at the mass of shoes she has in her arms, but then she pulls one out with a heel so tall I can feel my ankles start to hurt.
“Yikes, who needs heels that high?” I stare at the shoes in anguish.
“Me. I need shoes this high.”
I roll my eyes and follow her back into the closet to see just what else is there that I’m sure would be better off with Carrie.
22
percy
LeavingElla and Carrie in my house feels more natural than it should. It’s like Ella is meant to be there. Just having her in my space makes me happy. If someone else had pulled something crazy like what the two of them did last night I’d have been pissed off, but actually, I was a bit excited to see her. I didn’t appreciate the fact that she thought I was already cheating on her, but I do understand how she feels about not wanting to share. It’s a huge weight off my mind to know she feels the same way that I do. Though she could have let me know in an easier way.
I take the scenic drive to the hospital. It’s long, but I have to make sure that no one sees me walking into a rehab. After my brother was cleared from the medical hospital they had transferred him up here right away. If Ella and I weren’t there to give him CPR Ian would have died from a drug overdose. He’s over the edge now and I’m worried that one day I’m going to get the call that he’s dead.
I walk into the sterile-smelling building and give my name to the receptionist. I’m not famous enough that people know who I am from my name alone, but I don’t like to chance it. I pull my hat down low on my head and wait for the young woman to instruct me where to go.
Ian is in a community room just sitting in the corner staring out the window. When I walk up behind him it takes him a second to realize someone is there.
I want to pull him in for a hug. He looks so beat up, but I don’t know how he feels about me right now. Last time we spoke for more than a few seconds he was trying to bash my face in and I’d knocked him out.
“What the hell are you wearing? Who are you hiding from? The hippies in the hills?” He points out the window to the large area of trees. There’s really nothing out here. I pull off my hat and sit down next to him.
“Yeah, I guess not. How you doing?”
