SWEETHEART BY COOKIE O’GORMAN – eBook Details Online
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- Authors: Cookie O’Gorman
- Language: English
- Genre: Contemporary romance
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It is a truth universally acknowledged, that book boyfriends are better
than real ones.
Seriously, someone should put that on a t-shirt.
Maybe it could be me—if I ever made it out of this alive.
Now, I wouldn’t call myself a dramatic person per se. If she were here,
my older sister, Charlotte, might disagree.
But she wasn’t here.
In fact, there wasn’t another soul in sight.
It was just me, walking on the side of a deserted road at night. By
myself. In an unfamiliar area. I’d watched one too many true crime shows
and could just hear the coverage now.
Scarlett Kent. 17. Female.
Last seen leaving a wedding party in Chariot, North Carolina, where
she’d been hired to play her violin for hours…only for the bride and groom
to stiff her at the end of the night, claiming they’d “pay her later when it
was more convenient.” Her car was found broken down and abandoned
about 30 minutes from the wedding venue. A piece of uneaten wedding cake
was inside. Scarlett and her beloved violin were nowhere to be seen.
I felt the reassuring weight of my violin case in one hand, my bow in the
other. My unreliable phone that never held a charge and always seemed to
die at the most inconvenient times (like now) was tucked into my bra. I
only had two hands. The decision to ditch the cake was difficult but
necessary. If I was kidnapped—or worse—I was taking my Yamaha with
me. This violin was my kindred spirit. We’d been through too much, seen
too much together for me to leave her behind.
Picturing an imaginary foe, I stabbed my bow at the air in front of me.
Plus, I could do major damage with this instrument if provoked. No one
better mess with me. I had a weapon.
Of sorts.
Remembering the stupid groom’s words, I stabbed angrily at the air
again. They’d pay me later? Yeah right, I’d heard that one before. When
you were a musician, especially a young and aspiring musician, you took
the jobs you could get.
Even if they were over an hour away and located at a venue that could
only be reached using shady backroads.
Dusk had fallen when I left the safety of my car behind, hoping to find
cell service, but any light that remained was quickly swallowed by the
night. My phone died shortly after. Now, the only guide I had were the
stars.
Bright, beautiful, cold…
I shivered as the news coverage started up again in my mind.
When they finally located the body, it was discovered she’d been
listening to a romance audiobook, heavy on the swoon, hints of spice,
featuring one of her favorite book boyfriends. Her fictional love was with
her to the end. Obviously, she didn’t have a boyfriend in real life. Who had
the time?
Not this girl, I thought.
Real people could let you down. Books were always there when you
needed them—just like music.
I kicked a rock out of my path and trudged ahead.
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