She walked to the bathroom. She could cry in the shower and no one would be the wiser.
After her shower, she felt more human, at least. She still pleasantly ached between her legs and not so pleasantly in her heart, but both would ease. Pain like that always did, eventually. She looked at the small minibar area. Yes, coffee was there, thank God. She moved around the bed, tucking the towel tighter. She needed to get her things together and get ready to head down to Tampa for her interview.
Logan had told her that he lived near Tampa. They hadn’t talked much but they had talked some.
Nope. That was not happening, either. Tampa was a big town and she was about to start a new chapter of her life there. She had determined in the shower that she was going to think about last night with Logan as a lovely piece of life that she had been lucky enough to have and move on.
She reached for the coffee pot and saw the paper sticking out from under the edge.
Maggie,
As much as it might appear to the contrary, I’m not a one-night stand guy. I had business early, and if I had woken you, I would have missed my meetings.
555-987-9097
Logan
The End
About Anna
I was born in Kentucky and raised in Florida, so I am a southerner through and through. Since I was old enough to pick up a book, I have been a voracious reader. I wrote the usual poetry and short stories in high school, but life happened and I kept the dream of writing in the back of my heart until opportunity and encouragement helped me to realize that dream.
I live in Tampa with my kids and grand kids and dogs and various other livestock. I am a bona fide Trekkie and all-around, unashamed geek.
My dream is to write the kind of books that I like to read – romantic, suspenseful, humorous and heartfelt, with a lot of hot sex!
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A Bulletproof Butterfly Short Story
Anna Brooks
He vowed to love her forever and promised to always protect her. And after all they'd already been through, she believed him. Until he gave her a reason not to.
1
Livvie
“I think Jay is cheating on me.” I confess the fear that’s been clawing away at me for a week to my sister.
Opal’s eyes bug out of their sockets as she chokes on her pizza. She holds her finger up while she takes a drink of water and then clears her throat. “Um, what did you just say?”
“Jay. I think he—”
“No way.” She shakes her head and frantically waves her hands in front of her. “No way. No freaking way. That guy loves you so much it’s actually sickening… He would never.”
I pick the purple nail polish off my fingers and watch as my son, Jaydon, and niece, Olivia, run around my sister’s backyard.
“He came home late a couple of nights ago.” I hold my finger up as I tick off the unusual things that have happened the past couple weeks. “He canceled our lunch date on Monday at the last minute. And he left the living room to take a phone call while we were cuddled up on the couch watching a show.”
She rolls her eyes. “Liv, he’s got a busy job, and things happen. You k
now this.”