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All Chapters of Something So Sweet: Chapter 31 - Chapter 40
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31: Enter the Dollhouse
Something So Sweet/Meika Usher
I pulled into a long, tree-lined driveway and turned the car off. Leaning forward, I peered through the windshield. I didn’t know what I’d been expecting. A full on, Beverly Hills-style mansion, complete with marble walkways and a sprawling lawn? An intimidating, angular modern masterpiece with a fountain smack in the middle of the drive? &
Read more32: Soap Suds & Sadness
Something So Sweet/Meika Usher
Two hours and a six-pack of beer later, Luke had retired to bed, leaving Jack and I alone in the kitchen. While Jack cleaned up the remnants of dinner, I carried a stack of dishes to the sink and started to fill it. “There’s a dishwasher,” he said as he dropped empty Chinese containers into t
Read more33: Concrete Ribbon
Something So Sweet/Meika Usher
Jack was sitting on the front porch Saturday morning as I pulled into the driveway, looking like an excited kid. An excited kid with a naughty secret.We’d been talking since I left him on Thursday. His dad was on the upswing, so he felt comfortable leaving the hospital for the day.
Read more34: Something in the Fair
Something So Sweet/Meika Usher
We wandered the fair for a while after that, hand-in-hand. Initially, we’d been looking for Luke and Cat, but they’d vanished. Somewhere in the back of my mind, I worried that the bearded man had actually murdered them. When I voiced my worry, though, Jack assured me that they were fine. “Pro
Read more35: To the Rescue
Something So Sweet/Meika Usher
The next morning, Cat and I were squeezed into her tiny kitchen, making pancakes and scrambled eggs before we settled down to a marathon of My Boyfriend the Vampire—a very nice Sunday, if you asked me. I had just flipped the final pancake when my phone buzzed from its place on the counter. Cat g
Read more36: Cherry Pie & Goodbye
Something So Sweet/Meika Usher
A couple hours later, the sun had begun to dip below the horizon, casting a dreamy golden glow over the fairgrounds. People still milled about, laughing and talking, soaking in the magic hour before darkness took over. I sat back in my chair and surveyed the booth before me. Slim pickin’s. Jack’s a
Read more37: Gloom & Body Odor
Something So Sweet/Meika Usher
Getting dumped and getting your dream job in the same day sucked. Getting dumped, getting your dream job, and going to work the next day like everything was normal sucked even more.
Read more38: Pizza Epiphany
Something So Sweet/Meika Usher
What did “fine” mean, really? For me, it meant getting up the next morning, putting my big girl pants on and finding a new job. I couldn’t just sit around and mope forever. There were bills to pay, man.
Read more39: Mail Call
Something So Sweet/Meika Usher
The next month flew by in a whir of brainstorms and phone calls and late nights staring at my computer screen. The end result: my very own literary agency.Well, technically, agent. Singular. Just me. Working out of my apartment after getting home from my day job. But I had plans, dammit. Big ones. Ones that involved getting good books by talented writers out in the world. Starting with Joy Ne
Read more40: Cupcake Carnage
Something So Sweet/Meika Usher
I had nearly two weeks to chicken out. To convince Cat that there was no need for me to attend the restaurant grand opening. To make her see that being in Jack’s presence would do neither of us any good. I was unsuccessful. Should have known better, really. Once Cat got something in her head, there was n
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