Chapter 319

She even got asked to be the makeup artist for a local news anchor’s wedding, which was a feather in her cap. The weddings were always the cushiest, most lucrative assignments, and a quasi-celebrity gig was huge. And that’s when her life got turned upside down again. Or maybe, in retrospect, it got turned rightside up. When she walked in the hotel room, there was John. She had ghosted him almost two years before, even though she fought the temptation every day to text him and say she was sorry. In that instant, all Jess’s feelings came rushing back. But they mixed with jealousy because it was obvious he had just fucked the bride. The emotions were too much. She stayed professional, and she did a killer job on the bride’s makeup. Then she went home and polished off the rest of the small stash of coke she kept. And she texted him. She almost cried when he texted her back.

Jess was amazed what it had led to. She thought she had been content in her life, but five minutes with John