Masters & Lovers Box Set Three
Chapter 14
The bar is seamy, dark and disreputable.
Just the place for a grieving man…
James has had two beers with chasers already and looks to be just hitting his stride.
Wonder what he’s eaten today…?
I flag the barman for a bowl of nuts, trying to be subtle about pushing it James’ way. He fails to notice and simply swills down half a beer in two swallows.
“I suppose I never really believed I’d lost her entirely…” he’s saying. “But the way she looked at me when I tried to tell her that her mother had lied.”
I put my glass down, trying not to touch the surface of the suspiciously sticky counter. “Who wants to believe bad things about their mother?”
His nod is microscopic. The tilt of his head as he knocks back another malt chaser is large.
“What did Georgie want?”
We’ve only been here twenty minutes, and he’s already slurring. “Money for her mother.”
“Pretty manipulative on Marlene’s part,” I comment. “You'd think she would have come to ask herself. Rather than use her own daughter that way.”
James flags the barman for another round…
Do I want to keep up with this?
…. What are friends for…?
We’re both going to pay in the morning…
“She did.”
“What?”
“She did. Marlene came to see me, at the office.”
I try to inject calm into my voice. “When was that?”
“Some weeks ago.”
“And you didn't say anything?”
“I didn't think it was your problem.”
“It becomes my problem when my wife is crying.”
his shot, slamming the glass down on
on a
to drink himself
*****
hours and, I think,
or is
… bars later…
My legs are definitely drunk
slaps down the double malt James just ordered.
“No prubl’m,” I mutter.
are we going to get
over the bar, “Can
tap on my shoulder. I turn, one
fuck are you doing
elbow. “Mr Haswell's
good of
*****
James
Christ Almighty…
My head….
up, then flop back as my stomach
Where am I?
I examine my
Clean white linen…
A clean white ceiling…
head cautiously, in case it detaches from my
tumbler, a pitcher of
is Michael, lying on his back,
Orange juice...
Drink of the gods...
myself from
I'm naked...
When did I undress?
sit me upright without spilling me from the bed, I reach for the juice, gulping down
water instead, Michael stirs,
“Oh, fuck...”
his face with a palm and his eyes peel
sticking together. I lick them and
he sits up. As he pours a glass of juice, he looks across. “Next time I suggest going on a bender with you, remind me not to.” His face is
Read Masters & Lovers Box Set Three Chapter 14 TODAY
The novel Masters & Lovers Box Set Three has been updated Chapter 14 with many unexpected details, removing many love knots for the male and female lead. In addition, the author Simone Leigh is very talented in making the situation extremely different. Let's follow the Chapter 14 of the Masters & Lovers Box Set Three HERE.
Keywords are searched:
Novel Masters & Lovers Box Set Three Chapter 14
Novel Masters & Lovers Box Set Three by Simone Leigh