Loving Eric

day at work. Rearranging and stocking rows and rows of shelves with books that had sat in the

. Patrick had been in the book business long enough, even before the advent of Amazon Kin

perback," he'd shake his head like a priest a

k club meetings and activities, coupled with some generous donations from Patrick's friends who were authors, were just about enough to raise money

on her Reddit blog. Her engagements had soared recently and she planned on keeping it that way, except life had other plans, very shitty plans. But she remained gratef

et with big shots in the writing game, people with New York be

leave for as long as two months, only to call you from some resort or jungle in the middle of only God-knows-where, to say he'd found the discovery of a lifetime. And almost every time he did so, it turned out to be a dea

sit on the bed, gently massaging her temples to calm down her nerves. She'd scarcely sat down for a secon

e. Emma rolled her eyes and watched the phone ring for a while before putting it on airplane mode. It felt selfish of her to snub her mother's call, she could have at least

ad left her a message. They were going to meet later tonight for a dinner date at "Buona Sera". He didn't have a bad taste as far as she was concerned. Not everyone took their Tinder matches to fa

as they'd agreed. He'd taken up his role as her accountability partner seriously

on capita

ngs unconsciously as she lay face up. Her eyes traveled to the bedsi

ractice. Emma rolled her eyes and laughed in her head. Even Snowball, Emma's ragdoll cat who'd be

ff to work?" Emm

skirt, both legs cold in stockings which ended in a pair of matching sneakers. The three piercings arranged on either of her ea

. A man would kill to have

mock bow. "So what's happening? You're not gonn

a began and

s the

ith this guy I met

crouched over Emma on the bed, "You'

rsting into laughter at the sp

" she whined like

yourself into the bathroom and get ready for a beautiful night out

era," I

e taste, huh," Scarlett slap

Emma turned around and b

life, baby," Scarlett nodded her head as sh

a man more than I do Sca

u this fine man now and he's taking y

ett rolled her eyes, as if to say, "whatever". "But why don't you hav

pull a man into this shitty life?" Scarlett tu

with an awesome life and an awesome job," Emma sat

t turned around to face her, a mischievous smirk play

ou, honey pie, should step out and meet someone. Starting from tonigh

d that's it. Get up," she took Emma by the arms an