“Hey sis, how’re you holding up?”
“I’m alright,” Avery sighed, putting Justin on speaker while she stepped into her clothes for the concert.
“You don’t sound very convincing.”
“I don’t know, Justin,” she said impatiently. “Listen, I’ve only got a couple of minutes before I go on and I need to get makeup.”
“You’ve been skirting around the subject every time I bring it up. I know you don’t want to talk about Marcus. That it’s real awkward given the fact that Dad and I are staying with his family. But I’ve been silent long enough so I’m gonna speak my piece.” He paused. “The guy’s a jerk. He’s not worth it, Avery. The way he’s treated you throughout this whole deal, it pisses me off.”
“Justin, please.” Her voice caught. “This isn’t helping.”
“It just makes me crazy not being there for you when you really need me.”
“You are, though.” Tears filled her eyes. “Hearing your voice. Knowing you’re just a phone call away. It’s keeping my head above water,” she admitted.
“Dad wants to talk to you.”
“Not now, Justin.”
“Avery, c’mon. He’s really worried, too.”
“Just for a minute then. I’m really late already.” She heard him hand the phone over.
“Kat?”
“Yes.”
“I know you’re hurting right now. I’m sorry I can’t do more to help.”
“Arthur, I’ve gotta get going.”
“Just one more thing, Kat, and I’ll let you go. I have to say I agree with your brother. He doesn’t deserve you. But thank God, love isn’t always about getting what you deserve. Sometimes you get better. Like with me and your mom.”
She ended the call and sank down on the chair, remembering how he used to always know the right thing to say when she was upset. This was the dad she had lost. Hot tears escaped from her eyes and rolled down her cold cheeks.
Love Resolution
Michelle Mankin's books
- Bidding Wars (Love Strikes)
- Crossroad to Love (Fab Five Series)
- Desire Love and Passion
- Extreme Love
- Love Drunk Cowboy
- Love Me (Take a Chance)
- Love Proof (Laws of Attraction)
- Love Realized (The Real Love Series)
- Love, Eternally
- Lover Undercover
- Only Love (The Atonement Series)
- Sunny's Love
- The Love Shack
- This Love of Mine (Raine Series #1)
- True Love at Silver Creek Ranch
- When Love's Gone Country
- Love, Your Concierge
- Reunited in Love
- Redemption in Love
- Surrender Your Love
- Ugly Love
- Conquer Your Love(Surrender Your Love 02)
- Flat-Out Celeste(Flat-Out Love II)
- Love Me(The Keatyn Chronicles #4)
- I Love You to Death
- Thief (Love Me With Lies #3)
- Breathless In Love (The Maverick Billionaires #1)
- Dirty Red (Love Me With Lies)
- Love and Lists (Chocoholics)
- Honeysuckle Love
- Leo (A Sign of Love Novel)
- Love In Between
- LoveLines
- Stinger (A Sign of Love Novel)
- Collide
- Blue Dahlia
- A Man for Amanda
- All the Possibilities
- Bed of Roses
- Best Laid Plans
- Black Rose
- Blood Brothers
- Carnal Innocence
- Dance Upon the Air
- Face the Fire
- High Noon
- Holding the Dream
- Lawless
- Sacred Sins
- The Hollow
- The Pagan Stone
- Tribute
- Vampire Games(Vampire Destiny Book 6)
- Moon Island(Vampire Destiny Book 7)
- Illusion(The Vampire Destiny Book 2)
- Fated(The Vampire Destiny Book 1)
- Upon A Midnight Clear
- Burn
- The way Home
- Son Of The Morning
- Sarah's child(Spencer-Nyle Co. series #1)
- Overload
- White lies(Rescues (Kell Sabin) series #4)
- Heartbreaker(Rescues (Kell Sabin) series #3)
- Diamond Bay(Rescues (Kell Sabin) series #2)
- Midnight rainbow(Rescues (Kell Sabin) series #1)
- A game of chance(MacKenzie Family Saga series #5)
- MacKenzie's magic(MacKenzie Family Saga series #4)
- MacKenzie's mission(MacKenzie Family Saga #2)
- Cover Of Night
- Death Angel
- Loving Evangeline(Patterson-Cannon Family series #1)
- A Billionaire's Redemption
- A Beautiful Forever
- A Bad Boy is Good to Find
- A Calculated Seduction
- A Changing Land
- A Christmas Night to Remember
- A Clandestine Corporate Affair
- A Convenient Proposal
- A Cowboy in Manhattan
- A Cowgirl's Secret
- A Daddy for Jacoby
- A Daring Liaison
- A Dark Sicilian Secret
- A Dash of Scandal
- A Different Kind of Forever
- A Facade to Shatter
- A Family of Their Own
- A Father's Name
- A Forever Christmas
- A Dishonorable Knight
- A Gentleman Never Tells
- A Greek Escape
- A Headstrong Woman
- A Hunger for the Forbidden
- A Knight in Central Park
- A Knight of Passion
- A Lady Under Siege
- A Legacy of Secrets