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“I hate you, Grey,” I said, without a single blink My exterior was as stone as I spoke, while his mere presence shattered my heart into a thousand pieces “I want you to leave and never come back”
He froze in place as the words tumbled from my lips
“Maddie It was for your own good”
Still numbed by the depth of his cruelty, I shook my head back and forth in a deliberate manner and repeated myself
“I hate you, Grey I want you to leave and never come back”
His face softened as istered in his consciousness Yet still, he lingered Grey reached towards ertips I lost it and liftedas loud as I could, I repeated myself once ht fists ready to strike if it came to it
“I hate you, Grey! I want you to leave and never come back!”
I screaain and then a fifth time With each successive demand, he moved further and further away until his back was to the front door
Closing
“Just fucking get out, Grey! Get out! Get out!!!”
As I finished, he left and as he did, I slammed the door behind him
Spinning in place, I pressed ainst the door and rested there, listless, until the tears I’d fought back at last began to spill As they ran down my cheeks, I turned my ear to the door and listened until his footsteps disappeared down the hall and out of my life, forever
GREY
The best thing about vodka is that you can drink it any tiht
It goes with anything Especially e juice Oh, and Bloody Mary mix
Speaking of that
“Bartender” I said, while I rattled the ice init down lacquered wood surface
As he approached, he nodded and said, “Same sir?”
I nodded in return as he took the glass and walked away
Swiveling in my stool, I scanned the periphery of the hotel bar and adjoining lobby I glanced down at my watch Three minutes past noon It had been a few days since Maddie’s meltdown and I hadn’t heard a peep from her
The problem was, neither had anyone else She never checked in at the office, which putin for her, while at the saoddamn partner, had no clue where she was
To make matters worse, her supposed best friend Katy also hadn’t heard a word Of course, after a couple of days, we followed all the standard protocols like filing a ues and so forth
Anye’d all co for Katy
And even though ere about as unlikely a pair of allies as you’d find, we did have one thing in co Maddie
“Bloody Mary, sir,” The bartender said, as he placed o down just as smooth as the first two
I took a pull on it just as Katy appeared in the lobby A spicy mix of pepper and tabasco warmed my throat as she approached
“Greyson,” she said, as she walked up Before she moved to take a seat, she tilted her head at ht? I reement”
Although I was less than thrilled by her lack of discretion when it ca to Maddie, I really had no choice but to drop it if I expected any help fros stood
Instead, I shookto be worried about I won’t fire you”
“Well, that’s not what you said on the phone”
I shrugged With lass still in my hand, I waved her comment off
“We all say things, don’t we?”
“Huh?” she said, as she leaned away from me “Are you drunk?”
I ignored her coht it was A few seconds later, she sat on the stool next to ainst the floor
“What’ll ya have?” the bartender said, as she finished positioning herself
She glanced ?”
“Bloody Mary”
Katy nodded and turned her attention back to the bartender “Same Except make mine a double And no rail Top shelf”
I scoffed
“What?” she asked
“You realize of course that all vodka is the saan “It doesn’t matter what the bottle looks like or how s you slap on it, vodka is vodka is vodka”
Katy winced atwith me?”
“Yes”
Without turning her direction I noticed her shaking her head I didn’t get enough of a look to see if a smile accompanied it or not It didn’t matter While the bartender ht down to it