Getting The Grinder – Brenda Rothert

“I can take it.” “Don’t, Leo,” she snaps. “Not right now.” “Let it out. It’s not good to hold everything in.” She sneers at me. “Are you my shrink now? I told you to leave me alone, so leave me the fuck alone.” I’d usually respect that request, but somehow I know if I don’t push her, Mara will go home and marinate in her feelings of failure. Probably because I do it myself.

Anxiety and depression can turn a tiny snowball into an avalanche. “Did you get fired?” I ask her. “No, I didn’t get fired. I’m just fucking hungry and exhausted and completely fucking—” She looks away, unable to finish. “I can’t do this, Leo.” I can’t get over how absolutely broken she looks.

It’s so unlike her— Mara is usually proud and steely, her resolve never showing so much as a crack. “You’re human, you know,” I say. “You get to make mistakes.” She shakes her head. “You don’t get it. My job is a lot different than yours. I’m not playing a game.” I keep pushing. “Did some kids refuse to drink the potion you brewed?

Did they not cry when you cackled at them?” Her nostrils flare with aggravation. “I’m really not in the mood for your bullshit, Leo.” “So tell me what happened and we can drop it.” She pinches the bridge of her nose. “When have you ever dropped anything? You’ll be making fun of my bush at my damn funeral.”

I bark a note of laughter. “Me? You carry a grudge like no one I’ve ever seen.” Her voice rises as she says, “Fuck you, Leo. Only you would kick me when I’m already down. This is why I can’t stand you.” Tears shine in her eyes.

I should listen to her and leave her alone, but I push her further instead. “It’s probably not even a big deal. Are you just being melodramatic?” She bursts open like a dam, her eyes darkening with rage. “Not a big deal? Kiss my entire ass, Leo!

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Epilogue About the Author OceanofPDF.com CHAPTER ONE Leo “All I’m saying is it would’ve been nice to know the only titties I’d see at this bachelor party are Isaac’s,” my teammate Lucien says as he cracks open a can of beer. Isaac grins at us from the kitchen of the sprawling Breckenridge cabin we rented for Bash’s last hurrah as a single dude. The main level of the cabin is wide open, the mountain view through the wall of windows in the main living area obstructed this afternoon by a blizzard.

“Wanna motorboat ’em?” Isaac, wearing only a pair of shorts, puckers his lips and circles his nipples with the pads of his index fingers. “Pass,” Lucien mutters. Some of the guys have been sitting in the hot tub. When Carter walks into the living area, his hair is damp and a cigar is tucked behind one of his ears. “It’s poker time, boys. I’ll accept IOUs.” He cleaned all of us out last night, wisely drinking water while the rest of us got loaded.

I’m nursing a hell of a hangover today and only drinking water. We have a rare eight-day break in December, and we’re spending the first three nights of it on this getaway. After we fly back home the day after tomorrow, I’m pig sitting Carter’s family pet, Darling, while he and his wife, Suki, take their girls to Fiji for the rest of the break. “Let’s do whatever Bash wants,” Andrei, another of my teammates, says.

“It’s his bachelor party.” “It’s not like there are many options,” Carter says gruffly. “We’re trapped here because of the storm.” Bash comes into the room, a beer in hand. “The plan was to stay here anyway. I don’t want to go barhopping.

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