As she turned and started walking off, she made her way over toward me with nothing but pure hate on her face.
Ah hell. This isn’t going to be good.
She walked up to me and stopped as she looked me up and down. “I can’t believe this. ”
I just stared at her. “Is everything okay, Anna?” I asked.
She threw her head back and laughed. “No, Courtney, everything is not okay. I hope you’re happy now. ” She shook her head. “What a waste. ” She turned and walked away.
I glanced back over to where Reed had been standing, but he was gone. For one brief second, my heart dropped. I wanted so badly to talk to him to find out what had just happened between him and Anna.
Once everyone was gone, I slowly started making my way into the house.
Everything can be cleaned up later because I certainly don’t have the energy to do another thing.
I walked into the master bedroom and saw my notification light blinking on my phone. I picked up my phone to see I had a voice mail from Mitch. I was guessing it was probably him telling me he had made it home okay.
Ugh, I need out of this dress like right now.
I peeled off the dress and stood there, looking at myself in the mirror. I was wearing a white bustier that really pushed my breasts up and had made the dress look even better. I smiled at how I looked, but then I frowned.
Too bad Mitch isn’t here to appreciate it. I bet Reed would have.
I slipped off my shoes and made my way back over to my phone. I opened it up and hit play to start the voice mail. I was just about to sit down and take off my stockings when I heard Mitch talking.
“Karen, she’s not going to be coming here tonight. She is staying at Layton and Whitley’s house, baby. We have all night and all morning. I told her I had things to do in the morning. Besides, that fucker Reed has been pining after her all night. Let him go take care of her tonight since they both want each other so much. She’s done nothing but want him from the beginning. Baby, it’s just us now. She was just a rebound fuck. ”
I threw my hands up to mouth as I sat down on the bed and heard Karen moaning.
Oh God. No. He was supposed to love me forever. He promised to make all my dreams come true. He was different…he was…safe.
The message kept playing, and I foolishly kept listening until I heard her calling out Mitch’s name. I reached over and stopped it.
I feel sick.
Just then, the door to the bedroom started opening. I jumped up, and Reed came walking in. He stopped dead in his tracks when he saw me. His eyes traveled up and down my body before he looked into my eyes.
“Holy shit, Court. I didn’t know you were staying in this room!”
I couldn’t say a word. I couldn’t even move. All I wanted to do was run into his arms while I begged him for his forgiveness. I needed to ask him to just hold me and make the pain and hurt go away.
“I just came in to grab some of Layton’s sweatpants for in the morning when I go for a…” He stopped talking.
He must have just noticed I’d been crying. As he walked toward me, I began backing up until I hit the wall.
“Courtney, what’s wrong?”
I shook my head. “Nothing. ”
He walked up to me and lifted my chin and looked into my eyes. “You’ve been crying. Baby, tell me what’s wrong. ”
Oh God.
The sound of him calling me baby about had me drop to my knees.
How stupid am I.
Here, I had pushed the only man I ever truly loved away because I thought he was going to hurt me. And the man I thought would make all my dreams come true had totally destroyed my whole world tonight.