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“I scanned the grimy surfaces and cringed. It seemed to sum up what Rachel was doing and it made me sick.
“Josh, what are you doing here?” Rachel’s question slapped me in the face, turning my insides to stone.
How could that be the first thing she said to me after I’d hauled my ass over a thousand miles to see her?
A hard bitterness I hadn’t counted on twisted my gut into tight knots. I ran a hand through my hair, looking away from her and clenching my jaw. I wanted to thunder and sc...ream—ask her what the hell she was doing up on that stage, dancing like some hooker. I wanted to grab her by the shoulders and shake her until she snapped out of it.
I thought she’d be relieved to see me. I expected her to run into my arms, maybe trembling just a little, and beg me to get her out of the place. I definitely did not expect her to be standing in a garbage-can alley asking me why I’d come, in that accusing tone of hers.MoreLess
“Josh, what are you doing here?” Rachel’s question slapped me in the face, turning my insides to stone.
How could that be the first thing she said to me after I’d hauled my ass over a thousand miles to see her?
A hard bitterness I hadn’t counted on twisted my gut into tight knots. I ran a hand through my hair, looking away from her and clenching my jaw. I wanted to thunder and sc...ream—ask her what the hell she was doing up on that stage, dancing like some hooker. I wanted to grab her by the shoulders and shake her until she snapped out of it.
I thought she’d be relieved to see me. I expected her to run into my arms, maybe trembling just a little, and beg me to get her out of the place. I definitely did not expect her to be standing in a garbage-can alley asking me why I’d come, in that accusing tone of hers.MoreLess
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