Total pages in book: 114
Estimated words: 139789 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 699(@200wpm)___ 559(@250wpm)___ 466(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 139789 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 699(@200wpm)___ 559(@250wpm)___ 466(@300wpm)
I turned the card in my hand over when I pulled it from the envelope. I opened the pretty cover and read the first line. I dropped the card on the table and stepped back.
"Oh my God!" I said, starring down at the table.
"What?" Aideen asked as she came into the kitchen, I pointed at the card without looking away from it.
She moved around the table, picked up the card and read it. "No fuckin' way!"
I nodded my head.
"They invited you to their weddin'? The evil fuckin' bastards!" Aideen growled.
I felt a little dizzy so I pulled out a chair from my kitchen table and sat down before I leaned my head forward and placed it on the table and let the tears come. "Why would they do this to me?"
"Because they are evil, pure fuckin' evil!"
I cried hard when Aideen began to read out loud the wedding invitation to Micah's and Jason's wedding. She stopped midway, ripped the invite up, got her lighter from her purse and lit it on fire. I sat up straight and stared at her when she walked to the sink, dropped the burning innovation into the sink then poured water on it. The fire alarm went off from the smoke so Aideen stood up on a chair, pulled the battery out of the alarm on the ceiling then got down and opened the windows in the apartment to air it out.
I didn't move as she did all this, I could only sit there and cry.
"I still can’t believe I didn't recognise Jason, I'm so stupid. When he pulled me at the pub last year I thought he really liked me. He was with me for six weeks just to get back at Micah for cheatin' on him. That bastard made me fall for him and he knew it!"
Aideen moved in front of me and kneeled down. "You had never seen Jason in person, you don't go round to Micah's house at all. The most you had seen is pictures of him on Facebook. He dyed his hair black and hit the gym since his school year ended. He isn't the same person that’s on his profile picture, he looks very different so this is not your fault. He played you, that fucker took your virginity for fuck's sake!"
I sobbed as I leaned forward and wrapped my arms around Aideen and squeezed.
"We will just pretend you never got that invite, okay? We're here all day, I can arrange all my course work for the students who are attending summer school this year and you can write some more of your book. What do you say?"
I groaned and pulled back from our hug. "I can't even think about writin' at the moment. I just want to go to bed and not get up ever again."
When Aideen slapped me across the face, it me took a few seconds for the pain and realisation of what she did to hit me. "What was that for?" I snapped and lifted my hand to my now throbbing cheek.
"For gettin' yourself into a slump over a prick who does not deserve it!" Aideen stated.
I frowned and continued to rub my cheek as I said, "Sorry."
"Don't be sorry, not for anythin'. Okay?"
I nodded my head and hugged Aideen again and when we separated I said, "I have to go to the weddin'. You know me ma will come round here and pester me for life if I don't. If I go and sit down in the back of the church and reception she won't care."
Aideen growled, "I hate your ma."
I smiled making Aideen chuckle.
I sighed. "I just wish I didn't have to go single, that will only make the entire day worse."
"The entire week actually. The weddin' is in the Bahamas and you leave in the next few days."
"What?" I screeched.
Aideen nodded. "That's what the invitation said."
"Fuck!" I groaned and hung my head.
We were silent for a moment until Aideen dramatically gasped which made me jump.
"What?" I asked.
She looked at me and said, "You're goin' to kill me, but I have a solution for you so you won't be attendin' the weddin' as a single woman."
I raised my eyebrows at her. "Yeah, what's that then?"
"Not that, more like who?"
I furrowed my eyebrows. "Who then?"
Aideen smirked as she said, "Alec Slater."
"What about Alec Slater?" I asked Aideen with my eyebrows raised.
Aideen gave me an are-you-serious look then sighed. "He could be your date to Jason's and Micah's weddin'. Duh!"
For real?
I burst out laughing. "Yeah, right!"
Aideen shoved my shoulder. "I'm dead serious, this is what he does. Well, not exactly what he does but it's close enough."
I felt my eyes roll with confusion. "Ado, I've no clue what you're talkin' about."
Aideen pinched the bridge of her nose and blew out a long breath before she focused on me and said in a low voice, "Alec is a male escort, Keela."
I held Aideen's stare for a few seconds before I cracked up laughing again. Aideen grunted and slapped at my arms to get me to stop laughing, and after a minute or so it worked.
"I'm not jokin'!" Aideen bellowed.
I was still chuckling a little as I said, "I don't believe you."
Aideen folded her arms across her chest. "Keela, I swear on me life that I'm not jokin' with you. I'm dead serious. Alec is a male escort."
My shoulders stopped moving and my chuckles slowed until no more sounds of laughter came from my mouth. I blinked as I looked at Aideen, her face didn't hold any hint of a smile like she was playing with me and that freaked me out more than a little.
"You're serious?" I asked my voice a whisper.
Aideen nodded. "Yes, I didn't believe at first because Branna told me one night when she was drunk, but when I said it to her the next day she flipped out and made me promise never to tell anyone."
I gestured between Aideen and myself. "What's this then?"
Aideen snorted and waved me off. "You're me best friend, so you don't count."