Free Loving Logan by Leila Lacey

reunion? You know that Savannah is going to become
even more if a terror now that she knows one of her parents is one
of the richest people in the world.” Lance finished shaking his
head. Shelby smiled and shook her head and then all of a sudden it
was like all the wind went out of her sails and she started to cry
and couldn’t stop. For the next hour all Lance did was hold her and
let her cry. Finally calming down Shelby started to wipe her face.
“Ok that is it. No more crying I will not do this any...” she was
saying when she was interrupted by a knock at the door. Shelby went
to the door it was Cassidy. Shelby could barely get the door all
the way open when Cassidy fell in.
    “Cassidy are you all right!” Shelby shouted to
her friend. She was leaning over Cassidy to see if she was passed
out she was, and she smelled like a distillery. Waving her hand in
front of her face. Shelby looked at Lance “She is drunk, stinking
drunk!” was all she could think to say to him. “Lance can you carry
her to my guest room?” She said to him accepting his hand to help
her stand up.
    “Of course” Lance said. Just as they started
to walk up the steps Shelby’s doorbell rang again. Looking back she
said to Lance “Go ahead and take her up I will get some water and
aspirin after I see who is at the door.” Lance continued on up the
steps with Cassidy in his arms. Shelby could not believe that
Cassidy was drunk. She had never had a drink that was not a mint
julep or champagne and Shelby got a strong whiff of tequila when
she had leaned over her. Shelbi guessed she would be passed out
drunk somewhere if she had not had Lance to talk to. Wrapped up in
her thought Shelby did not ask who it was before she opened the
door, when she did Logan was standing there holding what looked to
be four dozen roses.
    “Logan what are you doing here?” Shelby said
to him leaning her head against the door. Shelby was so tired of
fighting with people she just wanted to go and lay down and pull
her duvet over her head.
    “I have been calling you for hours and you
would not answer…” Logan started to say but stopped when he
realized that Shelby looked like she had been crying. “Shelby what
is wrong?” he said stepping into the house a closing the
door.
    “Nothing Logan I have so stuff going on. Why
are you here?” she said annoyed. Logan started to walk closer to
her with his arms stretched out. Shelby side stepped Logan to
prevent him from touching her.
    “Shelby I know something is wrong. What is
it?” Logan said it broke his heart she did not want him touching
her. He had made so many stupid ass mistakes with this incredible
woman and now. He had used all of his nine lives up.
    “Well at this moment” Shelby said crossing her
arms across her chest. “This is what’s wrong with Me.” she said
pointing at him and herself rapidly. “This dance that we keep doing
were we try and one of us fucks up and we end up having to
apologize. I finally got it yesterday Logan. You are right we are
too different there are too many differences for us to be together.
I think we should stop this before we ruin anything we may have had
between us.” She finished.
    “Shelby let me...” Logan started to speak
again and she cut him off again holding her hand up.
    “Just GO Logan” Shelby said pointing to the
door. Shelby thought she was going to throw up. Sending Logan away
was one of the hardest things she would do. But she was tired of
the back and forth a she was just saving them BOTH a little heart
ache down the road. Logan places the roses on the round table that
say in the middle of her foyer, walked toward Shelby leaned in and
kissed her temple. “I am sorry, I won’t come back.” He said in a
broken voice before he walked out the front door.

 
    ******
    “Hello!” Logan said into his alarm clock.
Realizing that he had not grabbed his phone when it rang again he
threw the clock down and picked up his phone. “Hello!” he