Abbi Glines

Sometimes he had broken down and told me he loved me and wanted me back but for the most part he had a different girl in the back of his mustang every weekend. I was just a childhood memory.

“I will remind you that I am nineteen. I’ll be twenty in six months. I’m not a baby.”
“No sweet Blaire, you are definitely not a baby. I’m twenty-four and jaded.

“What are the tattoos on your back?”
“An eagle on my lower back with his wings spread and the emblem for Slacker Demon. When I was seventeen my dad took me to a concert in L.A. and afterwards he took me to get my first tat.

I’m hoping you eat Mexican,” he said as he pulled the enchiladas out of the oven. Rush Finlay did not look like someone who belonged in the kitchen cooking. But dang, if he wasn’t sexy doing it.
“I love Mexican food,” I assured him

Valerie was my twin sister. She died in a car accident five

s ago. My dad was driving. Two weeks later, he walked out of our lives and never returned. Mom said we had to forgive him because he couldn’t live with the fact he’d been driving the car that killed Valerie. I always wanted to believe her. Even when he didn’t come to Mom’s funeral I wanted to believe he just couldn’t face it. So I forgave him. I didn’t hate him or let bitterness and hate control me. But I came here and well… you know. I guess Mom was wrong.”

“I’m sorry about Rush. Just for the record, if you’d have chosen me you wouldn’t be working tonight. You’d be on my arm.”

“Blaire, wait,” Rush called out.
“Let her go, Rush,” Nan demanded.
“I can’t,” he replied.

I should have expected this. She’s so much like her mother.”
“What is that supposed to mean?” the woman roared.
My father sighed, “We’ve been over this before. The reason I left you for her was because she had this draw to her. I couldn’t seem to let her go—“
“I KNOW that. I don’t want to hear it again. You wanted her so damn badly you left me pregnant with a bunch of wedding invitations to rescind.”

our daughter finally has her father and now this. You go and sleep with this, this girl!”
My body was numb. I couldn’t move. I couldn’t take deep breaths. I was still dreaming. That was it. I hadn’t woken up yet. I closed my eyes tightly forcing myself to wake up from this sick and twisted dream.
“One more word against her and I will have you leave.” Rush’s tone was cold and hard.