Party Animal (PRICKLE ISLAND ZOO #3) by Ali K. Mulford EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
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Frankie
Was there anything more depressing than sitting alone at a romantic
restaurant, looking out at the ocean? I took a loud sip of my too-sweet
strawberry daiquiri and dropped my chin into my hand as I stared at my
phone. He still hadn’t called. He probably never would again.
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The perky twentysomething waitress sidled over to me with the crisp
white menu and I tried desperately not to start crying . . . again.
“Are you waiting for anyone?” she asked in her overly exuberant
customer service voice.
I plucked the menu from her grip, my third drink making me more
brazen than normal. “Nope. I am very, very, very alone,” I grumbled. “I just
had my fiancé tell me I’m suffocating him and that he needed his freedom so
. . . it’s just me tonight and every night forevermore, thanks.”
Damn. That daiquiri had really loosened my tongue.
The mousy brunette flashed me a tight smile. “How about another drink
on the house?”
“Thanks,” I said, returning her half-hearted smile. I didn’t want her pity,
but when a free drink was on offer, I’d accept it . . . .
She gave me a sympathetic nod and disappeared while I buried my face
in the giant pages of the menu. I really needed to get it together. I was in
public for crying out loud! I was the sort of person who never caused a stir,
always followed the rules, always waited in line, never rocked the boat, and
never made a public scene. But maybe if I had been a little more of a shit
stirrer every once in a while, I’d still be engaged! Nibbling on a breadstick,
I glared around the room, defying any other guests to judge me in my
pathetic state.
I was still reeling from Jake’s sudden announcement that he was calling
off our five-year engagement. Five years! And three more years of dating
before that. Where had my twenties gone? I was almost thirty now and
starting all over again as if Jake had just hit reset on nearly a whole decade
of my life!
I’d given my best years to him and he just suddenly, out of the blue, said
it’s over? When he pulled the rug out from under me, not only did I have to
move out of our apartment—that never officially had my name on—but I
was also basically driven out of his hometown in Upstate New York. His
family owned everything from the hardware store to the gas station, and
there was no way I could stay in that town after he ended things.
And my café.
My sweet, beautiful café . . . The thought of it made me ache. I’d built
my dream shop in someone else’s hometown and now Frankie’s Café was
being turned into a pizza joint. They even kept the sign and just painted
over the word “Café” with a poorly-drawn slice of pizza.
It had felt like someone had torn out a piece of my soul when I’d seen
they’d repainted it, plastered the cheery floral interior with burgundy, green,
and black.
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