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“I love him, Aurora,” I admit on a breath, quiet enough to be drowned out by the spewing coffee machine, the one thing that terrifies me most
Mental note, time for a new one of those.
It’s not in the budget, but I can make do. Aurora deserves to get her coffee if that’s what she likes.
“That’s why I’m mad at youuuu.” She whines again, dragging out the last word as if it drives her point home. “You’re gonna run off into the sunset with him now and I get to marry this fucking broke-ass coffee machine.” She scoffs and steals the pot from the machine while it attempts to pause its brewing, but drips away into a sizzle on the hot plate beneath.
“I’m not going anywhere, sis.” I adjust my hips on the seat to ease the tension building in my aching muscles.
I need a fucking bath and a nap.
“We were supposed to celebrate us.” She casts stones at me with her words she aims at the wall as she pours her brown lifeforce into the mug and sips like it doesn’t burn the holy fuck out of her.
No, I think she’s used to the burn. The coffee is far from the pain in this room.
“We were supposed to do this life together. Celebrateus.” She emphasizes, spinning to aim her daggers at me. “Now you’re just gonna be famous because of who you decided to fuck.” She spits her words at me, now. Gone is the whining and moping.
My jaw drops as pain sears across my heart.
“Aurora!” I chastise, her words bringing me to my feet. “What the hell?”
She downs her mug and steals the carafe again without looking at me. The coffee drips from the spicket, sizzling away into mist on the base of the machine. It’s the only sound in the room other than the speeding heart pounding in my ears and my poor, old, overthinking mind starts to whirl. The room spins with Aurora as she takes to her heels and hair flips her way out into the studio.
The silence in her wake is deafening.
Even the stupid coffee pot has stopped sputtering shit in my direction, leaving me breathless and pained.
Did I just give up one life for another?
Is there no in-between?
What did I do?
My ass meets the padded chaise again, my head in my hands, tears threatening to spill over my eyes.
Ping!
The stupid phone breaks the silence with what feels like an explosion, but I go to it anyway.
Anything to get my mind off of my grumpy ass sister and her harsh words.
Words that are not untrue ….
Ping!
I address my phone with more attitude than it deserves, smacking my lips at its presence in my hand when it begins ringing.
My heart melts a little bit at the name that flashes across the screen
SexyMane: Incoming video call.
I slide my thumb over the device to answer the call and startle myself when my own face populates the screen.
Shit. I didn’t realize it was video.
I sniffle and smile as Rex’s gorgeous curls fill my screen. He’s beaming at me, a smile wider than anything I’ve ever seen and I’m grateful to see it right now.
“Hey, babe.” His words are like a salve to the aches in my heart and body. His voice like a warm blanket wrapping me up and hugging me tight.
