Day 83: Tales Of Sneaking Home And Impending Disaster
Day 83 Of How To Move On From A Man — 1LD
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I’m Andie and my ex, Douglas, dumped me. This is my break-up, so to speak. Douglas is a power player in Melbourne, worth more than I could ever comprehend.
I have no idea why we broke up.
I work and live at 1 Lovelock Drive. There, my best friend James and I are building Highway, our unisex clothing line. Our two other best friends, GG and Sophia, are investors.
GG is dating Douglas’ brother. Awkward.
My friends have been acting strange since the breakup. Since things have changed, I’ve found papers in James’ briefcase outlining plans for an expensive office space for our business.
Approaching the front door of 1 Lovelock Drive, I didn’t once feel nervous about putting the key in the door.
Or even hesitate to walk in without making a sound or disturbing anyone.
That was then.
Now with a roommate, one proving challenging to have a relationship with, I was walking on eggshells. My life was becoming a perpetual secret, a closely guarded concept one no one was privy to be part of.
And if James caught me arriving home, dressed in the clothes from the day before, there would be questions I didn’t want to answer.
I didn’t want to tell him I had spent the night with Alex. I didn’t want to tell him I had amazing, unforgettable, body-shattering sex that lasted until the early hours of the morning.
I didn’t want to tell him how I ran into Alex in the first place.
No, I wasn’t interested in that.
Opening the front door, I found James pacing the kitchen. There was a stack of papers sprawled across my island bench and seated at the end was GG.
She looked beautiful as always, poised in a red linen set with gentle curls dancing across her shoulders.
As I entered neither of them flinched until I put my keys down on the entry table. “Oh hey,” said GG, turning around. She sounded surprised to see me. Like it was impossible I could be at the house I owned.
“I was wondering where you were.”
She looked me up and down but didn’t ask where I was. Her focus was immediately redirected to James who continued to pace the kitchen whilst staring at the phone in his palm.
“What am I missing here? Is James ok?”
I looked down at the stack of papers. These weren’t the same ones I had found in his briefcase. No, these looked like forms and formally written documents, with a myriad of signatures littering the letters.
GG passed me the letter on top of the pile.
“It’s his Aunty. She’s trying to extort him for damages to her apartment. What a bitch.” I nodded. I couldn’t disagree with GG.
“I had never been to a home as clean and immaculate as James’ place. What could he have possibly done?”
James threw his phone down.
“Well, Barbie is of no help.” He looked at me. “And where the fuck have you been when I needed you, huh?”
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