Bridesmaid Lotto (USA Today bestselling author)

Chapter 19

The morning found Jake and I sprawled on my living room couch.

Dear God, I definitely hope Calla went to her parent's house, I thought as I looked around and saw the mess that Jake and I had made the night before.

"Good morning," Jake said as soon as he saw me stir.

I smiled and stretched. "Good morning." More like best morning ever, I thought, but kept that to myself. "How long have you been up?"

"Not long," he said. "I think I actually woke you up when I started moving around."

The buzzer sounded.

"What the hell?" I said. "Everybody knows that I was at the wedding last night. The least they could do is let me sleep in a little." I walked over to the buzzer covered in the cozy blanket we kept on the couch. "Hello?"

"Hey, it's Mattie."

"Come on up," I said and hit the door button.

I ran to my room to grab my robe. When I got back, Jake was wearing his wedding pants from the night before. I giggled.

"What?"

"Nothing, you just remind me of that one stripper guy from the Virgin Islands when you're wearing those pants and no shirt."

"Oh gee, thanks."

I went over and gave him a good morning kiss.

There was a tiny knock on the door.

"Come in!" I yelled.

The door opened and Mattie was standing there, looking pale and worried.

"Mattie!" I said rushing over to him. "What's wrong?"

"Hi," Mattie said and gave Jake a little wave. He turned to me. "Can I talk to you outside for a minute?"

I looked back at Jake. "I'll just be a second."

"Sure, no problem."

Mattie shut the door behind us.

"Mattie. You're scaring me. What's wrong?"

He stared at me in silence. Finally he took a deep breath and handed me the weekend edition of the newspaper.

Dear Disaster Diary the headline said.

I cocked my head to the side. That's funny, I thought. They have the same headline as the entries in my diary. I continued reading.

Bridesmaid's Deepest Confessions and Embarrassing Secrets Revealed.

My eyes grew wide and I started to feel like I was going to barf.

"But... no. How?"

"I think it was Calla," Mattie said quietly.

I looked up at Mattie. He jumped back a little, shocked at the anger that flashed in my eyes.

"Why would you say that?" I practically yelled.

"The article says that the source was your roommate."

My mouth dropped open. "It can't be. Why would she..." I couldn't finish the sentence. I started to scan the article. It looked like they had printed nearly everything.

"I'm sorry Josie," he said quietly.

I shook my head. "Why would Calla... hate me so much?"

"I don't know. We've been talking a lot lately about how you're never around and stuff."

"But I explained all that to her," I said. "She knows why I'm so busy. And after today, it was all going to get better."