Tess Carraway: A Short Story

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Prologue SYDNEY GREY Sydney was sitting on the sofa at Logan's. Dave and Tess sat huddled together while Logan sat in his armchair while Lexi was inside the kitchen. "You sure she's getting beer right? She won't set fire to your house?" "Shut up, you bitch." Lexi walked in juggling four beer bottles and a plate of fries. Once everybody was halfway through their beer Sydney turned to Dave. "You still haven't told me what happened in Australia?" He started with his story as shivers went down her spine at the cruelty of some people Dave shuddered at the memory and Tess rubbed his back to soothe him. Sydney felt sympathy for Dave. That man had went through enough shit. Sydney wanted what Dave had found with Tess and what Logan had found with Lexi but the one she loved had too much ethics. He …show more content…

George Hunt, Sean's father and Nolan Grey, Sydney's father had been talking about merging families since they were kids. Sydney was supposed to marry Logan, that was the only thing everyone ever talked at her home. When her father had told her that they were thinking of marrying them both in a year, Sydney had fled to England. From there she traveled to Goa, then to Hong Kong, then to Dubai and then to Sydney. She stayed with Dave for a month and then she went to Italy which had been a big fucking mistake. By the time, she had reached Italy, George and Nolan had talked to Logan who had then asked for a year to handle everything. Though it took Lexi to call off the wedding, she was happy. She thought maybe now Sean would be mine. A year and a half and Sean still hadn't even looked at her. Sydney was fed up of him. She had met Zach and she had even thought of maybe going on a date with him. She even asked for his number from Dave but before she could call her pregnancy news was on national television. Shit. Lexi was going to kill her. "I'm so sorry Lexi. I didn't..." She trailed at a loss of