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We’re booked weeks out still, and my website has blown up.
My hands ache from all the alterations, but it’s been fucking worth it for every smile that walks out of this building, and every box that becomes accompanied by a positive review online.
Still, I miss Rex.
He’s been virtually by my side for the whole deal whenever he’s not singing on stage. Sending so many reminders of how much he loves me, asking if I’ve remembered to eat when I’ve been particularly busy and tend to forget.
The only thing that would make it better is him being physically here.
I know I can’t ask that. I’m sure there’s people and things riding on this tour, so I just have to deal with him being gone.
He’ll be home soon.
Except we don’t share a home.
More shit to figure out … which I don’t have time for right now.
My phone pings with a response from him as I stalk my happy ass—that isn’t all that fucking happy—over to the tenant next door.
Aurora is hot on my heels as I slam the door open to the tattoo parlor and walk right past the dropped jaw of the EGirl at the front desk.
Seems fitting …
I stalk across the open floor plan and pass several occupied chairs, but I don’t care. Not even about the chick with her cooch hanging out in the air while she gets more ink in her bathing suit area.
Cedar is in my sights and we need to have a little fucking chat about her being fucking absent. I’m tired of the bullshit act. Tired of her avoidance.
“Seriously?” I challenge as I come right up to Cedar’s ass as she musses with ink and tools on her workbench. She doesn’t meet my eyes in the mirror but glances at Aurora instead.
“What.” It’s not a question. Like I’m just an annoyance to her, she keeps working on the shit in front of her.
“You get to ghost me? That’s how this shit is going to go?” Aurora tries to grab my arm, but I yank from her and bump into Cedar. She whips around with a sneer aimed right at me, pieces of a tattoo gun in her threatening fist.
“This ain’t about you, princess. Not every fucking thing is.” She growls at me like a fucking animal, her eyes darting toAurora for a split second only for her to turn back around like I’m not still there.
“What the fuck is going on with you two?” I step back and bring both of them into my sights, my anger speeding my heart and seething from me with my words.
“I have a client.” Cedar is even keeled in her dismissal.
“Don’t mind me, ladies.” The burly guy says from her chair. “I love a good catfight.” The fucker has the balls to fucking wink at me when I meet his eyes.
So I roll mine.
What a douche.
“C …” I run my hand through my hair, something I’ve seen Rex do a million times, and try to breathe through the anger.
It doesn’t work this time.
I’ve been the level-headed one for far too long. I’ve been the steady one, the safe one.
Fuck it.
“You both are fucking assholes.” I point an accusatory finger from my sister to my best friend. “It’s fucking funny how you two can have your shit, but the second I get something good going you both turn on me like I’m heading for the hills. Like I’m not even here.” I suck in a breath when Burly’s shocked look catches my attention, then darts to Cedar’s back but I don’t stop. “I wouldn’t even fucking be with him if it weren’t for you.” I point to my sister and drive the nail in the coffin of my relationship with both of them. “So thank you for sending me off to the blind shoot so I can start my life over again.”
I spin on my thrift shop heels, dropping my venomous words to the floor behind me, whip my hair in their fucking faces, and leave every dropped jaw in my dust.
Just for good measure, I flip off the goth behind the receptionist’s desk, and slam my way out into the fresh air of freedom.
