Bad News All Around

Boom. Boom. Boom.

That’s all I can hear after that, my heart pounding against my ribcage, hard.

I manage to say goodbye to the girls without making a scene or falling apart, but my mind is elsewhere when I return to Jos and I have to make small talk with Ferny while our coffees are ready.

As soon as we leave the café, I tell Jos what I just heard. About Asheron looking for a new future wife.

Those words sound so, so wrong.

“What the hell is going on, Jos? Why is Elena trying to get him another woman so fast?” I ask, trying my hardest not to cry, “It’s only been eight days since we broke up.”

“She hates you, remember?” She says, making me grimace. That’s true. In Elena’s mind, I disrespected her son’s memory. And now that he’s alive and I still ‘didn’t choose him,’ she must hate me even more.

“But why the hell are they both out there spilling our business to everyone?” I mutter, completely irritated, “They’re both being jerks.”

“They’re hurting, Princess,” she reminds me, but that ju