Daisy snuggled under the blanket and watched Ally James, librarian and super sleuth track down the bad guy. Man, she was smart. And composed. And beautiful. She had a mom who loved her, friends, a job and an awesome hobby.
She’s not real, Daisy. You’re jealous of a fictional character.
She also had a hot boyfriend. Even if he did nothing more than kiss her. Sometimes Daisy thought he should be a bit more domineering, take-charge. Jed would never allow someone he loved to get into such dangerous situations. . .and she really needed to stop thinking about Jed.
She sniffled and reached into her bowl of peanut butter M&Ms, shoving a handful in her mouth. She’d thought moving here would be a new chapter for her.
She’d never expected to see Jed again
Tears welled. Fuck. She needed to do something quick to squash them.
Reese's peanut butter cups. That’s what she needed. But they were in the kitchen and she was all comfy on the sofa. She paused Ally. She’d gotten her guy anyway.
Daisy sighed. “Stop being jealous, it’s pathetic. Maybe you’d have a boyfriend if you actually tried going out and meeting people.”
Kind of difficult to meet anyone when you were almost a total recluse. It had taken every ounce of courage she had to go to the cookout three nights ago. And she had none left. She probably wouldn’t leave the house for a month.
She shuffled into the kitchen, feeling way older than her twenty-seven years and opened a cupboard, pulling out a bag of individually wrapped Ree
se’s peanut butter cups. Yeah, she had a thing for peanut butter and chocolate. It was a match made in heaven.
Unlike her and Jed.
She groaned. “Jesus, that was cheesy.”
She decided she better grab a bag of gummy bears for good measure and poured them out into another bowl. She figured if you put it all in a bowl then it counted as real food rather than candy.
Ally would put candy in a bowl rather than eating it from the packet. Ally was class.
Not trailer trash.
The pain bit deep and she had to breathe through it.
As she walked back to the sofa, aware that she probably should have done more these past few days than sit and mope and stuff herself with sugar.
Tomorrow. Tomorrow, she’d pick herself back up and get on with her life. What did she care what Jed thought of her? He wasn’t part of her life anymore. This was Daisy time.
She was fine on her own. Just because society seemed to dictate that she should mate and procreate, didn’t mean she had to. There were plenty of single, happy people. She’d been single since she was seventeen and she was doing just fine. She looked down at her stained pajamas, the mess of candy wrappers and empty soda cans lining the coffee table.
Hmm. Maybe not fine. But she’d be okay. She always was.
She grabbed some gummy bears and scooped them into her mouth. Strawberry and orange burst on her tongue.
Delicious.
The skies opened and rain pelted the roof just as the doorbell sounded.
Shit. Who could that be? She glanced at the clock on the mantel. It was after ten. Her heart raced as she looked around for something that would serve as a weapon.
Whoever it was, she wasn’t answering the door. Nope. Not happening.
* * *
Jed pounded on the door to Ellie’s place. He wouldn’t think of it as Daisy’s, even though she was renting it from Ellie and Bear. He ground his teeth together. He’d had to get the address from Bear, but only after he’d promised Ellie that he wouldn’t be mean to Daisy.
He wasn’t going to be mean to her. He wasn’t an asshole. But he needed to make it clear that if she’d come here to get something from him, then she’d best just pack up and leave.
Rain pelted down. Well, maybe not tonight. It wouldn’t be safe driving on the roads at night in the rain. But tomorrow, she was gone.