Come Away with Me by Rachel Lacey – eBook Details Online
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- Author: Rachel Lacey
- Language: English
- Genre: Lesbian Fiction
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Piper Sheridan stood on a darkened Brooklyn sidewalk, staring at the
bar on the opposite side of the street. A lavender dragonfly-shaped
logo gleamed above the door, announcing the bar’s name. Through
the window, Piper could see a handful of people on stools, laughing and
sharing conversation, out for a drink with friends after work. Maybe a date.
Piper used to be one of those people.
Now she was standing outside, heart pounding, palms damp as she
summoned the courage to cross the street and go inside. It had been six
months since she’d gone out in public like this, but she was going to change
that statistic tonight. She and her therapist had talked through all the details
ahead of time. They’d covered every possible scenario and how Piper
would handle it. She was doing this.
One step at a time. That’s what Dr. Jorgensen said. Piper glanced both
ways to ensure the street was clear, and then she took that first step. And the
second. She crossed the street, gaining speed with each stride. With a quick
tug at the black wig covering her distinctive auburn locks, she grasped the
bar’s heavy wooden door and pulled it open.
Immediately, she was enveloped in the murmur of conversation
undercut by strains of jazz music. A pink-haired bartender waved in her
direction with a friendly smile. Piper spotted an empty stool against the
back wall, and she made her way to it before she could lose her nerve and
bolt back out the door. She took off her jacket and hung it on the hook
under the bar before sliding onto the stool. Then she reached for a lavender
drink card on the lacquered bar top in front of her, not because she didn’t
know what she wanted to drink, but because she wanted something to do
with her hands, something to focus on. If she fidgeted, she’d only draw
unwanted attention to herself.
Piper wasn’t exactly a household name—not yet anyway—but after four
seasons as Samantha Whitaker on the legal drama In Her Defense, she was
fairly recognizable here in New York, and for tonight, anonymity was key.
If she made it through the evening without a panic attack, she’d be one step
closer to going out in public as herself again.
She wanted to reclaim that freedom, but even more urgently, she needed
to get her panic attacks under control before her audition next month. This
movie could launch her career, and it was ultimately what had driven her
out of her apartment on this Thursday night.
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