Free A Tattered Love by Nickie Seidler

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“Seth, I know it’s not like me, but it felt damn good. I have come out of my shell out here, thanks to Abby. She’s made my attractive side, and playful side, come out.” I stood up and wandered into the kitchen. I grabbed two sodas and brought them back to the couch.
“As long as you’re happy baby girl, I won’t have a problem with him.” Seth approached.
“Thank you, that means a lot actually.”
“Actually, I have some news for you.” Seth turned to me with the biggest smile on his face.
“Oh?” My eyes grew wide, and my nose crinkled with question.
“I got an internship in Boston, I’m moving out this way with Jermaine!”
My mouth fell open, as I couldn’t believe what I just heard. I ran and jumped in his lap.
“Ahhh!” I screamed. “That’s so exciting, congrats, why did you wait so long to tell me!” I yelled at him in excitement.
“I wanted to surprise you and wanted the moment to be perfect. So you make sure you go and tell your shithead boyfriend that I’m watching his back for good now!” He laughed embracing me in a hug.
I was so ecstatic that Seth was moving out here I almost couldn’t contain myself. I knew moving away from home was going to be hard, but I never knew that moving away from my best friend would be densely strenuous. I’m glad that I didn’t have to wait much longer for Seth to be close to me again. I finally will have my best friend back!
The rest of the night went smoothly, and we celebrated with a few glasses of wine, which then turned into two bottles. Seth passed out on the couch, and I passed out in the bed half naked with Cooper cuddled up in my side taking up over half the bed. I knew Cooper was a bed hog, but damn. He is not the tiniest of dogs and sometimes he just overtakes the bed to where I should practically sleep on the floor! They say dogs are stupid, ha!

 
     
     
     
     
     
     
    ** CHAPTER 7 **
     
Riley
After an extremely long, excruciating morning, I decided to take my break.
“Bob, I’m going on break!” I yelled into the kitchen.
I headed outside with my smokes in hand, and decided to give Dustin a call since I wasn’t able to last night. I wanted to let him know my exciting news.
“Riley?” He answered rather quietly, but enough to where I could still hear him.
“Hey!” I responded overly excited.
“Hey, I kind of can’t talk, I’m at work. Can we meet up later?”
Man his voice sounded sexy!
“I’m so sorry. It so didn’t cross my mind. I’ll call you later.” I giggled, and ended the call feeling bad I interrupted at work.
I lit my cigarette and started to enjoy a few drags. I glanced at my watch, and still had a few minutes left on my break. I noticed the newbie walking up the sidewalk in black pants and a sexy blue V-neck shirt. His soft blue eyes matched his blonde wavy hair that flowed in the breeze. He was average height with a powerfully lean build. You could tell he spent a lot of spare time at the gym. Maybe he needed to work here to support his gym membership! Ok, enough being mean!
I stepped up to him right before he made it to the door. “I’m Riley, you’re new, right?”
He looked down my body then back up to meet my eyes just as I sneered at him. “Efren.” He shook my hand firmly. “Nice to meet you, Riley. Yes, I’m new.”
My first impression of Efren was truly sexy. Not only did he check me out right in front of me, but also I actually thought it was hot that he did it!
The day continued to drag on just as the morning had until finally, I had my last table appointed to me. “Thanks, Kate, no more tables for me, and my shifts over after this one.”
“Ok! Have a great evening if I don’t see you!” Her voice shrieked.
I moseyed over to the table with my pad in hand. There was a beautiful older woman, probably in her mid-fifties, sitting alone. She had a Fascinator type hat on and, from what I could tell, a modern and very expensive name brand dress.
“Hello, my name is Riley. Can