Promise Me Never

Chapter 2

Chapter 2

Don’t quote Fifty Shades on me

Lana

             “Whatever, that’s different. We’re talking about fiction here. That’s why it’s fiction, it’s because it defies reality.”

                    “Point taken, but that’s not really the point. This only means that this Dashiell Price has a more realistic story to tell. Heck, even his fantasy series could’ve made me believe. He just has a way with words. I find it refreshing”

                “All the more reason the check it out then.” I say to her.

                “Yup, I’ll check goodreads later and pick good ones. Besides, we need to restock the romance section. It’ll go bare soon because of you.”

                “And you too.” I added.

                “It’s my bookstore.” She shot back.

                “Fair point, well made.” This time I'm forcing myself not to laugh. I just know she hates it when I quote Fifty Shades on her. It’s not that she hates the book, she’s undecided and she says she doesn’t want me to cloud her decision, since I love the series.

                “Don’t quote Fifty Shades on me.” She warned with a finger pointed at me.

                “What? You’re a sadistic bastard, I can’t see why not.”

                She made a noise of frustration then walked out to the storage. At least she didn’t deny being a sadistic bastard.

Well, bitch for that matter.

But I still love her.

Talk about masochistic.

                *****

                I got bored sitting there and doing nothing. I planned to read RC Revo when I get home, so I'm not opening it here. In the end I checked out the Dashiell Price’s Sins of an Angel Series that Libbie saved on the drawer. I took the one where ‘one’ was written on the side. As always it was an intriguing cover. It was cool actually. A blond haired girl dressed in white, clutching black feathers as tears flow from her eyes. The first book says, All These and Heaven Too. I decided I’d try this one.

                I carefully lifted the cover. These really we’re recent publications. ‘All These and Heaven Too’ was published just this late 2012. Wow, he must really be a fast writer. What caught my attention was the acknowledgement. It was a simple single sentence written on a page that looked strangely bare. Written in italic, it read:

                For my dearest Dani.

                That was it. I traced the faint indent of the ink on the paper. She’s a very lucky girl. A book dedicated solely to her. He must really love her. I smile at that though. Lucky. That’s what they are.

                Then I proceeded reading.

                *****

                One thing I noticed when I read is that time pass by too quickly. I stopped reading a few times to assist customers and since it’s Wednesday, it’s a slow day. Usually Saturdays and Sundays are the days people flood the store. We start cleaning up and getting things together by 6PM since we close at 7PM. Everything went smoothly that day. Business was good, no troubles. I got my favorite book and I got a new series to read. I sighed in contentment.

                “Ready to leave?” Libbie asked. “Harvs will lock up. He says we can go now.”

                “Alrighty, just let me pack my things. I'm bringing how DP’s Series by the way.” She grinned at me in return.

                “Got you hooked?”

                “You could say that.” I mumbled and her grin spread wider.

                “Told ya it was good.” Libbie said, wagging an eyebrow.

                “Yeah yeah..” I waved her off. “Research, yeah?”

                “Gotcha.”

                “Bye Harvs!” We called out in unison. Harvey gave us a low wave and motion us out.

                “Bye, have a good evening.” He replied. Polite as always.

Both Libbie and I walked home, with hers being closer to the store. I stopped by WalMart to pick up ingredients for dinner. That’s how simple my life was. I just hope it stays that way.

*****

Late at night I continued reading Dashiell Price’s books. This time I have no complaints. It was as happy as any happy endings could be. And I just knew that his books called on to me more than I could bargain for. I couldn’t help it. I did my own research, made a list of books of his that caught my attention. Which is to say, a lot. It was almost all of it. That night, Dashiell Price definitely earned a new fan.

All the while I was thinking to myself. I wondered what changed. His first book was so different from his recent ones. Since I haven’t had a copy of the ‘in-betweens’ I won’t know if it was a gradual progression of changing of plot and writing style. And I also thought, I’d definitely want to know and tomorrow, the first thing I wanted to do was to find out.

He gave me a taste of bitter, then drowned me in sweets.

It was awesome.

I even forgot about RC.

*****

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