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.Kate stayed silent for a moment and Payton expected to hear Kate s denial, her argument that itcouldn t have been what she thought it was.But her friend only said, I will kill the little twerp.No.I ll sue him, I ll she paused then and sighed. I m sorry, Payton.Have you heard from Brad sincehe hung up? He left several messages earlier but I haven t had the chance nor the inclination to talk to him. I can t believe you never said a word of this when you called earlier.And there I was going onabout our dinner plans like an idiot. But Payton had been sitting in the baggage office while Cruzfilled out the paperwork for their missing luggage and hadn t thought it was the moment to dump thehorrid mess on Kate.She didn t want to risk having a nervous breakdown in such a public place.Itwas easier to pretend everything was fine.Now, she didn t have to pretend.And the uncomfortable pressure rising in her throat and to hereyes, where tears pooled, was too heavy to ignore.She tried to muffle a sob as hot tears slippeddown her temples and into her hairline. Everything will work out, you ll see, Kate said in a warm and comforting manner. I ll fieldcalls from your mother in the meantime.You never did tell me what happened to your phone. A little sheepishly, Payton said, I I chucked it out the window. Okay.That s one way to avoid your mother s calls. Kate sounded like she was trying not tolaugh. But you ll be here tomorrow and we can get through this.You need some time to decide whatyou re going to do.Just don t make any hasty decisions.At least until you ve had a chance to talk toBrad.Are you thinking of calling him? Not right now.I need some time to process.We can talk when I get back home. Payton stared atthe ceiling, surprised to feel a little better having shared everything with her best friend.Her bestfriend who was two nights away from marrying her soul mate.Crap.She wasn t being a very goodmaid of honor. I m sorry, Payton whispered. For what? It s your wedding weekend and here I am bringing you down.Making it about me. Oh, Payton.That s not what you re doing.You ve always been there for me.Back when Michaeldumped me and I took more than a year to get over it, you were always there to cheer me up.Always.And when Dominic came into my life, you were so supportive.Like always.Being supportive for younow is the least I can do.And I should remind you of what you told me way back when I thought myheart was breaking.Things will get better.Something better will come along.I promise. Payton nodded, knowing her friend couldn t see the gesture but would understand. So how are things with you and my future brother-in-law? Stuck in a car together? I can t believeyou haven t killed each other yet.Not after the way you two hit it off at my birthday party. The sarcasm was clear since the only way she and Cruz hit it off that night was in that they bothagreed they couldn t stand the other.Probably starting when she overheard Cruz asking his brother ina derisive tone if the prom queen had arrived or if she d gotten lost and needed a rescue crew.She d been standing right behind him, Kate s yellow roses in her arms.The jibe was even more bitingwhen he turned around for an awkward introduction and the seconds passed infinitely slowly as theyrecognized each other from the flower shop.When, for a fleeting moment, she had thought him charming. Accidentally slamming the vase against the side of his temple had made her feel a little better.Ithad also given her perverse satisfaction to torment Cruz through the night with quips about his height,his appetite, whatever she could think of that would get a rise from the brooding hulk.To be fair, mostpeople usually laughed and deflected her comments, but Cruz only grew moodier, barely grunting aresponse.The thought of seeing him again at the wedding had not been something she looked forwardto, but she d thought Brad would be at her side to help ease her pain.That plan hadn t worked out so well. Cruz and I have reached a sort of tentative treaty.We re focusing on getting to Puerto Vallarta fornow. True enough, even if they had a rocky start initially.But she had to give him credit.If it weren tfor him, she d still be in Laredo waiting to catch a morning flight back to Dallas and praying she dfind a seat on a plane any plane heading into Puerto Vallarta.She would never have dared to makethis kind of trip on her own.She could hear a male voice on the other end, probably Kate s soon-to-be husband.They neededtime alone. You know, I m pretty wiped out and you need to get back to that fiancé of yours.TellDominic I said hi. I will.And remember, I m always here for you, Payton.Love you. Payton dropped the phone on the bed next to her and continued to stare up at the ceiling.Talking toher friend had been cathartic, no matter how brief the conversation had been.And for the first time,she was ready to think about how she felt about her discovery.To touch and prod the wound.Hurt.Betrayed.Humiliated.Definitely all fit the bill, but& She thought about Kate s sadness whenshe d broken up with her skeazy boyfriend, Michael, and then later when she ended things withDominic before she knew the depth of her feelings for him.Her friend had been heartbroken, butinfinitely more so about the latter.The pain evident in her eyes.Was Payton s heart breaking at the thought that Brad had been cheating on her? She wasn t so sure.Was she ready to draw blood from him if he were in this room now? Undoubtedly.But after she dphysically maimed him, was she going to feel that deep sense of loss and sadness, like she d lostalmost a part of her heart, as she d sensed with Kate?It was an uncomfortable truth to know that she wouldn t.Maybe she was wired differently than Kate about these kinds of things.For all Kate s bristlynature, she was a softie underneath.Wanting the unattainable a happily ever after.Payton had neverhad any illusions that such a thing really existed.So maybe that s why she didn t feel things on a deeplevel like her friend.This truth didn t, however, diminish the pain she felt at Brad s betrayal.Because she loved him.Truly she did.He was a good friend, a good companion.And they would have had a wonderful,perfect life together because they were so compatible.Same family background, same social connections.They were& well matched.Like a perfect china set.And in one moment of truth, one ill-timed phone call, their future together was now in question.Shecouldn t no, wouldn t lead her mother s life.She remembered the night Brad proposed.Always so cocky and full of himself, but in an endearingway, he had actually been a little nervous when he gave her that ring [ Pobierz caÅ‚ość w formacie PDF ]
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.Kate stayed silent for a moment and Payton expected to hear Kate s denial, her argument that itcouldn t have been what she thought it was.But her friend only said, I will kill the little twerp.No.I ll sue him, I ll she paused then and sighed. I m sorry, Payton.Have you heard from Brad sincehe hung up? He left several messages earlier but I haven t had the chance nor the inclination to talk to him. I can t believe you never said a word of this when you called earlier.And there I was going onabout our dinner plans like an idiot. But Payton had been sitting in the baggage office while Cruzfilled out the paperwork for their missing luggage and hadn t thought it was the moment to dump thehorrid mess on Kate.She didn t want to risk having a nervous breakdown in such a public place.Itwas easier to pretend everything was fine.Now, she didn t have to pretend.And the uncomfortable pressure rising in her throat and to hereyes, where tears pooled, was too heavy to ignore.She tried to muffle a sob as hot tears slippeddown her temples and into her hairline. Everything will work out, you ll see, Kate said in a warm and comforting manner. I ll fieldcalls from your mother in the meantime.You never did tell me what happened to your phone. A little sheepishly, Payton said, I I chucked it out the window. Okay.That s one way to avoid your mother s calls. Kate sounded like she was trying not tolaugh. But you ll be here tomorrow and we can get through this.You need some time to decide whatyou re going to do.Just don t make any hasty decisions.At least until you ve had a chance to talk toBrad.Are you thinking of calling him? Not right now.I need some time to process.We can talk when I get back home. Payton stared atthe ceiling, surprised to feel a little better having shared everything with her best friend.Her bestfriend who was two nights away from marrying her soul mate.Crap.She wasn t being a very goodmaid of honor. I m sorry, Payton whispered. For what? It s your wedding weekend and here I am bringing you down.Making it about me. Oh, Payton.That s not what you re doing.You ve always been there for me.Back when Michaeldumped me and I took more than a year to get over it, you were always there to cheer me up.Always.And when Dominic came into my life, you were so supportive.Like always.Being supportive for younow is the least I can do.And I should remind you of what you told me way back when I thought myheart was breaking.Things will get better.Something better will come along.I promise. Payton nodded, knowing her friend couldn t see the gesture but would understand. So how are things with you and my future brother-in-law? Stuck in a car together? I can t believeyou haven t killed each other yet.Not after the way you two hit it off at my birthday party. The sarcasm was clear since the only way she and Cruz hit it off that night was in that they bothagreed they couldn t stand the other.Probably starting when she overheard Cruz asking his brother ina derisive tone if the prom queen had arrived or if she d gotten lost and needed a rescue crew.She d been standing right behind him, Kate s yellow roses in her arms.The jibe was even more bitingwhen he turned around for an awkward introduction and the seconds passed infinitely slowly as theyrecognized each other from the flower shop.When, for a fleeting moment, she had thought him charming. Accidentally slamming the vase against the side of his temple had made her feel a little better.Ithad also given her perverse satisfaction to torment Cruz through the night with quips about his height,his appetite, whatever she could think of that would get a rise from the brooding hulk.To be fair, mostpeople usually laughed and deflected her comments, but Cruz only grew moodier, barely grunting aresponse.The thought of seeing him again at the wedding had not been something she looked forwardto, but she d thought Brad would be at her side to help ease her pain.That plan hadn t worked out so well. Cruz and I have reached a sort of tentative treaty.We re focusing on getting to Puerto Vallarta fornow. True enough, even if they had a rocky start initially.But she had to give him credit.If it weren tfor him, she d still be in Laredo waiting to catch a morning flight back to Dallas and praying she dfind a seat on a plane any plane heading into Puerto Vallarta.She would never have dared to makethis kind of trip on her own.She could hear a male voice on the other end, probably Kate s soon-to-be husband.They neededtime alone. You know, I m pretty wiped out and you need to get back to that fiancé of yours.TellDominic I said hi. I will.And remember, I m always here for you, Payton.Love you. Payton dropped the phone on the bed next to her and continued to stare up at the ceiling.Talking toher friend had been cathartic, no matter how brief the conversation had been.And for the first time,she was ready to think about how she felt about her discovery.To touch and prod the wound.Hurt.Betrayed.Humiliated.Definitely all fit the bill, but& She thought about Kate s sadness whenshe d broken up with her skeazy boyfriend, Michael, and then later when she ended things withDominic before she knew the depth of her feelings for him.Her friend had been heartbroken, butinfinitely more so about the latter.The pain evident in her eyes.Was Payton s heart breaking at the thought that Brad had been cheating on her? She wasn t so sure.Was she ready to draw blood from him if he were in this room now? Undoubtedly.But after she dphysically maimed him, was she going to feel that deep sense of loss and sadness, like she d lostalmost a part of her heart, as she d sensed with Kate?It was an uncomfortable truth to know that she wouldn t.Maybe she was wired differently than Kate about these kinds of things.For all Kate s bristlynature, she was a softie underneath.Wanting the unattainable a happily ever after.Payton had neverhad any illusions that such a thing really existed.So maybe that s why she didn t feel things on a deeplevel like her friend.This truth didn t, however, diminish the pain she felt at Brad s betrayal.Because she loved him.Truly she did.He was a good friend, a good companion.And they would have had a wonderful,perfect life together because they were so compatible.Same family background, same social connections.They were& well matched.Like a perfect china set.And in one moment of truth, one ill-timed phone call, their future together was now in question.Shecouldn t no, wouldn t lead her mother s life.She remembered the night Brad proposed.Always so cocky and full of himself, but in an endearingway, he had actually been a little nervous when he gave her that ring [ Pobierz caÅ‚ość w formacie PDF ]