Page 61 of Rebound With Me
She blushes. Thank God I can still make her blush. “Well, that will be one of the amenities you can enjoy, along with free Wi-Fi. It’s for next weekend, three nights, Friday, Saturday and Sunday.”
“Okay. God I can’t even remember the last time I took a vacation. I need to rearrange some things, but I can probably swing it.”
“Okay. I’ve already rented a car.”
“Well, darlin’ you can just go ahead and cancel that reservation. You know I’ve got a car. You’re in it right now.”
“But what if you can’t swing it?”
“Hey. I’ll swing it. I’ll pay you for the room. This’ll be good. This may be just what we need.” I didn’t mean to make that sound so ominous, but she seems to agree.
* * *
I couldn’t keep my hands off of Nina all through dinner. When we got back to her place we had the fastest sex we’ve ever had and it wasn’t even humiliating because she needed it that fast too. I think even the anticipation of vacation sex has reignited something. I wish I could have stayed with her, but I’ve gotta get to work if I’m going to take three days off. I came to Gabe’s to figure things out with him, but I keep spacing out.
“Hello?”
“What?”
“You want scotch or not?”
“Naw I’m good.”
“Are you? Because you seem like a moody little teen girl to me.”
“I should call Dr. Glass,” I mumble, dropping my head to my hands.
“You still see her?”
“Not for a while.”
“You don’t need some shrink to tell you how you feel. I’ll tell you how you feel. You like Nina. A lot. Maybe even love her.”
He watches me for a reaction but I don’t give him one, because the words hit me in the gut, hearing them out loud.
“You’re mad at Sadie for leaving and you’re mad at the guy she left you for and you’re mad at Clara for leaving and you’re mad at the guy she left dad and Charlie for but that’s their problem. You’re mad that mom died. We all are. She didn’t want to leave us. We didn’t want her to leave us. We all did what we could but we couldn’t beat the cancer. It’s sad. Mom wanted us to be happy. Go be happy. I didn’t think there could be anything more annoying than how grumpy you were those last few months you were with Sadie, but then you got so fucking cheerful when you met Nina.ThatI get.This?This moping around when you’re with the best girl you’ve ever known?...Jesus.” He polishes off his scotch. “Maybe youshouldbe seeing Dr. Glass, because you’re a fucking nut job.”
