It's Perfect. Until It's Not
runnin
life I desperately wanted to avoid thinking
ves? Where do they move to get a shot
it was
beach town chock-full of all the people too weird fo
escape. Compared to what I was used to back home
d hand, and I had played it even worse. As f
running away from it, that'
rented a room in a house nearby, and I was enjoying the fru
my pale skin and incredibly unfashionable one-piece, both of which came cour
's. Bronzed skin. Muscles to make your jaw (and panties) drop. He was wearing only board shorts and
nglasses he wore, but he had a strong chi
s and fe
ust s
t a guy like THAT bac
n surfing as fast
der one arm, and he dropped something as he passed
I said, rolling o
pt wa
me!" I c
around wit
ay, then looked down at the little c
g's Se
iately
ghts about his body, but I wasn't about
hell is
, 'The best fo
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it... 'do
ging it out to
" I said, blushing even wor
it out of my hand, and then w
u
guys don't always have
ot ones with pe
oyed the show as he m
when my p
the ring ton
i
twisted and
are, I told myself. You do
elt like I owed him
seconds... steeled myself... and th
keep my voice even, though
he snapped, piss
to you if you're going
ing – I was j
like it was a couple of steps a
home, Katie. We ca
t want
e HAVE t
othing to
e are you? I checked with Jen and Susan, an
t telli
ew he was struggling to keep his anger in check. That's
se was enough for him to hear
asked incredulously.
r
at the house, where it was nice a
you wan
at the
at do you w
you to c
, I'm
about this, whether
I insisted. "I'
ou did to me, I thi
e me. "Rick... I told
, and you're SORRY? Wow, must be nic
an dirt. "I just... I don'
to go get a suntan and play in the water and
placed with icy contempt. "Onl
I told you, that wasn
t belie
iness over drink
funny way of
back to questioning me. "Where are you? Florida? Are
ing up no
YOU D
little r
d the sobs welled up uncontrollably. I pulled
hat, but it wasn't the main thing. The worst was how I'd ended it, and how
he called – six times in the next four minu
ff my phone, but I guess my guilt got the better of me. I
eft behind every