Small Town Secret: Mayfield Springs Book 1 by Carrie Curtis
Authors: Carrie Curtis
Tags: Contemporary Romance
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country girl.
"Well, she's never mentioned you either," I retorted. "It would seem that Cassie likes keeping secrets."
"Hmm..." she smiled falsely at me. "It would seem so."
The girl beside Nicky rolled her eyes at me as if she wanted to disassociate herself from Nicky's comments. She stood up out of her seat and came and joined me at the other end of the table.
"Amy, I'm Claudette, I'm pleased to meet you," she said holding out her hand towards me.
"Don't mind Nicky," she smiled. "She's a royal bitch sometimes."
"I can see that," I replied.
"Nicky's always been that way but... if it's any consolation, I know her husband's having an affair."
"Wow," I said as this information was thrust upon me out of the blue. "That's terrible."
"Not for him, it's not," she winked. "I honestly think Nicky knows, and that's why she's so jealous of how happy Cassie and Daniel are."
My God, who are these people? Is this what Cassie's marrying into, a life of superficial friendships and infidelity? Increasingly, I wasn't envious of Cassie at all. I was worried for her instead. The Cassie I knew wasn't one of these girls. She was every bit as beautiful as them but deep down she was a sweet girl who cared for people. One who used to raise money for the local cats and dogs shelter because she loved to see that animals were well fed and who used to volunteer in the local charity shop. I couldn't imagine these girls doing any of that. But maybe Cassie had changed more than I had realized?
Claudette wasn't finished telling me all her dirty secrets.
"You see that one there? Suzanne her name is," she pointed a sharp fingernail at another girl. "She's not so innocent either."
"Really," I said flatly, trying to make it as obvious as possible that I wasn't interested.
"Suzanne's just been promoted but it's because she's sleeping with her boss, and everyone knows it," she explained in her east coast, plummy drawl.
"So tell me," I asked, "Why does Nicky think she's so much better than everyone else?"
Claudette laughed, "You mean you don't know her? Everyone knows Nicky," Claudette hesitated as if to allow me a moment to correct myself and acknowledge that I really did know who Nicky was.
Claudette continued, "She's in the society pages, all the time, just like Cassandra."
Cassandra, the name seemed weird. So that's what Cassie's known as these days. Cassandra. I chewed the word over in my mind.
"I don't read the society pages," I told Claudette.
Her eyes opened wide as if I had just told her something totally unbelievable.
"Oh? So, what do you read then?"
"Books," I replied, looking her dead in the eye.
CHAPTER 10
AMY
The room was suddenly alive with shrieking bridesmaids and Claudette used the opportunity to move away from me to the other side of the table.
Nicky clapped her hands dramatically to her cheeks, "Oh my God! It's Chris Taylor!"
"Hi Chris!" another girl called to him waving her hand like a mad woman.
"Hey girls," Chris said casually walking past without even really looking at them before he sat down next to me.
"Hi Amy," he said, giving me a peck on the cheek. I felt as though I had a hundred burning eyes on me as the girls looked utterly infuriated at the attention I was getting.
"Fancy seeing you here," he winked.
"Very funny." I poured a glass of wine and pushed it towards him.
"You know," he leaned in close to me and whispered in my ear. "Last night was incredible. I'd be lying if I said I hadn't been thinking about you all day."
I felt my heart race and my cheeks grow pink. Everyone was looking at us, wondering why the big star was talking to the boring waitress. And being the competitive bitches that they were, all of a sudden my end of the table was the center of attention and Chris was bombarded with questions from every direction.
"So Chris, what are filming right now?"
"Are you still single?"
"Is it true you were really born here?"
"Oh my
"Well, she's never mentioned you either," I retorted. "It would seem that Cassie likes keeping secrets."
"Hmm..." she smiled falsely at me. "It would seem so."
The girl beside Nicky rolled her eyes at me as if she wanted to disassociate herself from Nicky's comments. She stood up out of her seat and came and joined me at the other end of the table.
"Amy, I'm Claudette, I'm pleased to meet you," she said holding out her hand towards me.
"Don't mind Nicky," she smiled. "She's a royal bitch sometimes."
"I can see that," I replied.
"Nicky's always been that way but... if it's any consolation, I know her husband's having an affair."
"Wow," I said as this information was thrust upon me out of the blue. "That's terrible."
"Not for him, it's not," she winked. "I honestly think Nicky knows, and that's why she's so jealous of how happy Cassie and Daniel are."
My God, who are these people? Is this what Cassie's marrying into, a life of superficial friendships and infidelity? Increasingly, I wasn't envious of Cassie at all. I was worried for her instead. The Cassie I knew wasn't one of these girls. She was every bit as beautiful as them but deep down she was a sweet girl who cared for people. One who used to raise money for the local cats and dogs shelter because she loved to see that animals were well fed and who used to volunteer in the local charity shop. I couldn't imagine these girls doing any of that. But maybe Cassie had changed more than I had realized?
Claudette wasn't finished telling me all her dirty secrets.
"You see that one there? Suzanne her name is," she pointed a sharp fingernail at another girl. "She's not so innocent either."
"Really," I said flatly, trying to make it as obvious as possible that I wasn't interested.
"Suzanne's just been promoted but it's because she's sleeping with her boss, and everyone knows it," she explained in her east coast, plummy drawl.
"So tell me," I asked, "Why does Nicky think she's so much better than everyone else?"
Claudette laughed, "You mean you don't know her? Everyone knows Nicky," Claudette hesitated as if to allow me a moment to correct myself and acknowledge that I really did know who Nicky was.
Claudette continued, "She's in the society pages, all the time, just like Cassandra."
Cassandra, the name seemed weird. So that's what Cassie's known as these days. Cassandra. I chewed the word over in my mind.
"I don't read the society pages," I told Claudette.
Her eyes opened wide as if I had just told her something totally unbelievable.
"Oh? So, what do you read then?"
"Books," I replied, looking her dead in the eye.
CHAPTER 10
AMY
The room was suddenly alive with shrieking bridesmaids and Claudette used the opportunity to move away from me to the other side of the table.
Nicky clapped her hands dramatically to her cheeks, "Oh my God! It's Chris Taylor!"
"Hi Chris!" another girl called to him waving her hand like a mad woman.
"Hey girls," Chris said casually walking past without even really looking at them before he sat down next to me.
"Hi Amy," he said, giving me a peck on the cheek. I felt as though I had a hundred burning eyes on me as the girls looked utterly infuriated at the attention I was getting.
"Fancy seeing you here," he winked.
"Very funny." I poured a glass of wine and pushed it towards him.
"You know," he leaned in close to me and whispered in my ear. "Last night was incredible. I'd be lying if I said I hadn't been thinking about you all day."
I felt my heart race and my cheeks grow pink. Everyone was looking at us, wondering why the big star was talking to the boring waitress. And being the competitive bitches that they were, all of a sudden my end of the table was the center of attention and Chris was bombarded with questions from every direction.
"So Chris, what are filming right now?"
"Are you still single?"
"Is it true you were really born here?"
"Oh my
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