Free Finding Solace by Barbara Speak Page A

was
all for nothing," Dave said with disgust.
      I looked
down and realized I was still holding my phone in my hand. Immediately, I put
it up to my ear.
      "Mike,
are you still there?"
      "Yeah,
and I heard every word. This is unbelievable! What the fuck do we do now?"
      "Maybe
I should bring Heather over to talk to Jason." Heather and Mike responded
simultaneously, "No."
      "Okay,
so it was a bad idea. Forgive me, you two."
      "Sadie,
let me talk to Jason. I can explain everything I heard. Let him process all of
this, okay?"
      "Sounds
like a plan, and Mike? Thank you for being you."
      "No
problem, Sadie. Love ya and I will talk to you
later.”
      "Love ya too, bye"
      I put the
phone back in my purse and set it on the seat in my car. I could overhear Bryan
asking Colt why he was not there tonight. That was an answer I would also like
to know. Dave chimed in before Colt got caught avoiding the question.
      "You
were with Shelly, weren't you? You lucky bastard, I've been trying to get a
piece of that for weeks. One smile from you tonight and you nail her. You
suck!"
      I lost my
stomach. Should I turn around? Probably not, but guess what, I did. That action
alone gave me the pleasure to see Colt staring right at me. His face could not
have been any easier to read, and guilt was written all over it. I smiled at
him. It was all I could think to do. He placed me in a friend’s zone, remember?
I hated that I had to know what he was doing, but it kept me in check. I was
not going to fall for someone who was not mine to begin with. Heather was still
reeling in the information we had all put together. I was ready to leave.
      "Are
you ready to get out of here, Heather, it has been a long night for all of us
and I'm ready for it to end?"
      Colt looked
at me like he wanted to say something but he just looked down instead. We said
our goodbyes then got in the car and drove away. I couldn't wait to go to bed
and pretend all of this was a dream. For Heather, it was still going to be a
nightmare. She still needed to deal with Jason.
      When I woke
up I cracked my eye open at the clock. It wasn't even seven a.m., so I rolled
over and attempted to fall back asleep. After about twenty minutes of tossing
and turning, I gave up. I got out of bed and was walking to the bathroom when I
heard a man's voice. I wanted to go downstairs to see who it was, but felt I
needed to give Heather space. Living with someone meant you were always limited
on alone time. So I brushed my teeth and headed into the shower. As I was
washing my hair I remembered the last time I heard a guy’s voice downstairs.
Yuck! Geoff is one gross douche bag. I rinsed the conditioner out of my hair
and turned off the water. While wrapping the towel around my head, I heard the
front door open and then close. I guess whoever he was left. I applied my
lotion and as I grabbed the towel to cover myself, I realized how happy I was
that whoever was here had gone. I didn't bring any clothes with me, so I flung
the towel around my body and walked out. I ran into my room and closed the
door. I turned around and screamed my head off. Colt was sitting on my bed!
What the hell is he doing here?
      "What
the hell are you doing here?” came out of my mouth simultaneously with the
thought.
      "Should
I leave because even if I have to, it was worth it to see you in that towel?"
      "Funny,
Colt. Really, what are you doing in my room at seven thirty in the
morning?"
      "Well,
I wasn't planning on it being grand central station at your house. I was hoping
to talk to you before you went to work."
      "Colt,
do you know anything about me? My schedule hasn't changed one bit since we met.
I don't work on Tuesday. At all, ever."
      "Well
thanks for blowing my cover story. I just wanted to talk, okay?"
      "At
seven thirty in the morning?" I knew I was snapping at him and shouldn't
be. I was still reacting from what I heard last night and I needed to stop.
      "Sadie,
I'm sorry.