Backsliding

Jake.

Ashley’s smile was wide and beautiful. Her lips were painted bright red and her dress showed a very generous amount of cleavage.

“My mother hates you,” I said. “How did you get here?”

She turned and picked up a face mask and showed it to me with an evil grin on her face. She looked like a complete sociopath doing that.

“You went through all that trouble just to get into my room? I have not forgotten what you did to me so you better get out before my mood changes.”

“You haven’t been picking up my calls,” she said. “I had to do something to get your attention.”

“I have no interest in you,” I told her. “The truth is I was only using you to annoy Heather and my mother while we were on that trip. Now, I don’t care. And after knowing what you did to me and Cilla, I don’t want to be anywhere near you. I hate you because you ruined the one good thing in my life.”

“I know you feel that way, and I wanted to stay away as well, but I couldn’t. I’m pregnant and I know the child is yours.”

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