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Eden High Series 2 Book 1

By

Jordan Silver

Chapter 1

CARTER

Oh hell, what is she doing here? I’et the hell out of here

My gut burned with the i

How had s up so royally? My feet felt leaden as I ht I heard a rustling sound co from my left somewhere and hurried my steps

Hindsight is a son of a bitch; too little too late I thought I could control the situation though, I rown h patch true, but I’ve always been sensible

I’ve never given in to the wiles of Hollywood, not until noay The debauchery that was kept well hidden: the bed hopping and orgies that would arden-variety tea party I’d kept myself well above it all

But then so that I had no control over I never knew the loss of a child could hit a h to make the choices I’d made since

All I wanted was to feel again, not just alive, but anything, anything to erase the nu aroundhard anymore

I’m sure everyone would say that’s no excuse, but what do they know? A ets all the sy with an absent there-there, and that’s supposed to be enough

No one saw ; no one saorld had been turned upside down; howon the cake

Leave it toin the adultery pool I thought it would be so easy Steal a little warmth and tenderness for myself, throw her a few baubles here and there; can’t be selfish after all And that was supposed to be good enough, until I exorcised the deo back to normal

But then things changed TheI didn’t know young girls even knew half the things she did She had ain that’s for sure

For the first tiain, at the top ofpeople would say, and she knew all the right buttons to push Even noith all that had happened, the memory of some of e had shared had the power to weaken me

I should’ve known though, what she really was I’d seen that streak in her once or twice before, though she was very careful to keep it hidden But that too had added to her appeal My wife had become almost docile and dormant in the last few months

The warether had faded, and there didn’t seeone too far You think Carter? I berated myself as I came back to reality