HEARTBREAK

BOOK 2

LUCIA

“There you go,honey,”Helen says as she places the glass in front of me. “Get that down you.”

I frown at my friend as she takes a seat across from me.

“This isn’t what I ordered, Helen. You know I don’t drink.”

“Oh, stop it,” Helen says and rolls her eyes. “Just try something new. Anyway, it’s non-alcoholic.”

“Really?” I peer at the cream-colored drink with a dark chocolate-like substance at the bottom. “What is it?”

“Pina colada.”

“That is alcoholic, Helen.”

Helen giggles as she picks up her glass, slurping through the straw.

“Don’t freak out. It’s called a virgin pina colada. Mock rum syrup, pineapple juice, and coconut milk. No alcohol in sight.”

I don’t know about that. I’m not comfortable drinking something I didn’t ask for. But I’m not in the mood to fight too much. I just want to do something that makes me forget the bastard I had told to get the hell out of my apartment. If I’m lucky, he’ll be gone when I get back from the bar. If he isn’t…

I haven’t thought that f