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Being around Ellen was like having a mother and a friend all wrapped up in one She re et Ryan a birthday present while we are here, but I never knohat to buy hi we buy hi over the price tag on an old dry sink
"I knoas thinking about what I could get him too His birthday is less than three weeks away He hadhockey tickets, but I’m not sure what his schedule is like I only seeht ah fan It’s like Heaven hed uncolad you think so I truly do love your son I just want toyou say that thrills me beyond words!" She squeezed me quickly around the shoulders with her one arirl one day I’m so relieved that he’s lad your picture is on the cover of those azines with hi hiather you don’t like her," I said, hoping she’d explain why she felt that way
"No, not really I’ve tried to warm up to her but…" Ellen shuddered "She only cares about herself She thinks the world revolves around her"
Ellen looked at me intensely "I don’t know if you know this yet or not, but she has a thing for my son Ryan, thank God, doesn’t feel the saht fall for soets to ht end up being hter-in-law one day"
My mind drifted fro his wife and the mother of his children, just like a nor his wife, then what? What would I do to keep myself busy and productive? Do I live out of a suitcase too, following hi off of him like some pathetic freeloader? Was I evento assure I was a contributing partner in a globe-trottingthe bar this weekend How the hell will I be able to have a long-standing relationship with a ?
Another movie, another distant location, another sexy lead actress for sure While I’ out tile patterns for the bathrooet to be the recipient of the next condom in his pack?
No matter which way I envisioned it, all paths ended up withon a silver platter to him, just like Suzanne had said The parties to come… all the women… temptation all around
Inside I was a partial wreck
"Taryn? Are you all right?" Ellen noticed my mental absence
Unconsciously I shook ue ca lips
"At first I didn’t want to get involved with your son because he was a celebrity Then we just spent tiot to know him for who he truly is That’s who I fell in love with I hope you believe me when I tell you that I’m not with him because he’s famous And I don’t want hisperson and I love him so much I’ve never felt this way about anyone And I know he loves me But I’ hi to have a norh to have a normal relationship let alone have your relationship be analyzed and ripped apart by the world
"He’s always going to be traveling and away for h? What if we’re not strong enough?" My chest started to feel tight I had been holding all these thoughts in for so long, never talking about them with anyone – not evento the surface
His ht in the eyes
"Taryn, I don’t think you give yourself enough credit I have never heard Ryan talk about another girl the way he does about you He didn’t think it would ever be possible to find true love after he became famous, and he has found that in you You!" She said in a stern voice as she tugged at my wrist