Sunday, 11:06 PM EST
I’ve tried to sleep until Ryan gets back with Ren, but it’s not working out for me. I’ve been tossing and turning for over a half hour now, just thinking about her sitting up there. Did Ryan stay up there with her? Did he bring her anything? What is she doing? I can’t get the questions out of my mind.
It’s not that I’m jealous. Believe me, I’m not! She could hang out up there every night for the rest of her life, for all I care!
I just can’t shake this weird feeling that settles at the bottom of my stomach like a bad meal. It’s making it impossible to sleep.
The sound of my bedroom door creaking open pulls me from my thoughts. I know that it’s only Ryan though, so I don’t bother to pull my head from under the blankets. My mind just… isn’t in the right place. I don’t want him to bother me right now.
“I’ve got to bring her down soon,” he whispers from across the room, despite knowing if I’m awake or not. “Are we still going to hang out tonight, or-”
“Yeah, just come back for me a half hour after you bring her down,” I interrupt him, my tone flat and unexcited. Hayden has never been good when sexual intentions are present with this kid.
I’m sure he expected more than that, but I can’t bring myself to give him anything else. I’m not bringing Jena out for him until I have to later, and Hayden sucks at this. He’s going to have to deal with it.
A few moments pass before my door clicks shut, leaving me to my thoughts again.
And leaving me to question why my stomach feels so wrong.

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Jenalyn: From the Inside (#3) [Complete]
General FictionAfter running away to Pennsylvania and getting into trouble again, Jenalyn finds herself in a mental rehabilitation center. She's trying to straighten out her mind so that she can give her baby girl a shot at living a better life than she had. Jena...