Read Avoiding Amy Jackson Online
Authors: N. A. Alcorn
Tags: #Literature & Fiction, #Humor, #Romance, #Contemporary, #Humor & Satire, #General Humor, #Romantic Comedy
Avoiding Amy Jackson (40 page)
“Uh…I’m in Nevada,” she answers nervously.
“
Nevada?
”
“I’m in Las Vegas.”
“LAS VEGAS!” I holler into the phone. “Why in the hell are you in Las Vegas? Were you kidnapped? Who are you there with? Oh my god! I’m coming to get you!”
I make eye contact with James’s wide-eyed expression. He mouths, “Las Vegas?” to me before his jaw nearly drops to the ground. This is so very unlike Lizzy, and both of us are more than shocked. I frantically nod my head to him in response.
“Slow down!” she responds instantaneously. “I’m not kidnapped. I willingly came here with someone last night.”
“Oh my god! You’ve been abducted by an alien, haven’t you? Go home E.T.! Go home! Leave my friend alone!” I wail noisily into the phone.
“Amy!” Lizzy tries to shout over my voice.
“I knew I should have gone to church more! You’ve been possessed, haven’t you? It’s not aliens… You’ve been possessed by a demon with a gambling addiction! The power of Christ compels you! The power of Christ compels you! In the name of the Father, the Son, the Holy Spirit! Amen!”
“AMY!” Lizzy cuts off my evangelical tirade and telephonic attempt at an exorcism before I can continue. “You need to calm the fuck down,” she demands sternly into the phone.
Hearing her drop the F-bomb stops me in my tracks, and I manage to pull myself together.
“Lizzy, why are you in Vegas? Does Ellen know about this?”
“No, Ellen doesn’t know. I’m not sure how I’m going to break the news to her.”
“News? What news?”
“I got married,” she whispers so quietly that I almost don’t think I heard her correctly.
“Did you just say
married
?” I ask in hopes that she’ll tell me I misunderstood what she said.
“Yes.”
I’m stunned into silence.
And James, well… He’s just as dumbfounded as I am.
After I get off the phone with Lizzy, I stand up from the bed and look over at James, who is still taken aback by my phone conversation. I can’t say I blame him. Lizzy is the last person I would ever expect to just up and run to Vegas to get married. So I do the only thing that seems logical in this moment…
“Pack your bags, James. We’re going to Vegas.”
THE END
Coming Soon from N.A. Alcorn…
Are you ready to hear Lizzy’s story?
Finding Lizzy Montgomery (Infamous Series #3)
Summer 2014
I just want to take a moment to thank you, the wonderful readers! You’re amazing and I am forever grateful to you for giving me a chance. Thank you for your support of Indie Authors. You rock and I hope you enjoyed Amy’s story just as much as I enjoyed writing it. I can’t wait to give you Lizzy’s story! I also have some other awesome projects in the works that are not a part of the Infamous Series and I can’t wait for you to read them! I truly hope you come back! –N.A.
About the Author
N.A. Alcorn is a wife, mother, labor and delivery nurse, writer, and blogger. She lives in Cincinnati with her husband and three-year-old son, Sid. In her spare time she enjoys reading, writing, running, and having inappropriate conversations with her blog besties. She also has a serious addiction to music and her all-time favorite bands are Incubus and The Neighbourhood. Her ability to eat an ungodly amount of Reese’s Cups in a fifteen minute time frame would quite literally blow your mind.
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Acknowledgments
THANK YOU
This book could not have been completed without the never ending support from my wonderful family and friends. You guys rock. You’ve picked me up more times than you probably even realized and for that, I will forever be thankful.
To my husband, Rob, the man who always seems to know the cure for a headache. Thank you for your endless love and support. It’s your turn to do the dishes.
To my mother, Belinda, the woman who nearly died while giving birth to me. (I’ve heard this story a thousand times) I love you and thank you for everything. It’s safe to say I inherited your dirty mind. P.S. Rob has made note of all the “new pages” you like on Facebook. I checked them out and I think you’ve got an eye for finding the perfect male cover model. I’ll be utilizing your keen ability for my next book cover.
I could not have done this without the support from some amazing bloggers.
Kat from Momma Romance, Natalee and Keelie from Read This Hear That, Mo from Fifty Cents Book Blog, Malory from Loverly’s Book Blog, Sandie Dee & Shannon from Book Boyfriend Reviews, Stephanie and Leslie at Mean Girls Luv Books, Beautiful ladies from Gutter Girls Book Reviews, Jen from Back Off My Books, Juewelz from SMI Book Club…The list is endless and I am so thankful for all of the wonderful bloggers out there who tirelessly promote Indie Authors. I appreciate you more than you will ever truly know.
Indie Romance Author Chicks. My IRAC girls. You ladies are amazing and I am forever grateful I found you. I don’t think I could get through a day without our Tumblr page, inappropriate commentary, and positive encouragement.
Paging Dr. Thumber!
P.S. No one shall speak of the human ********* again.
MoMo- My writing soul mate. My long-distance partner in crime. My fucko. My labia face. My domestic partner in this journey we call authorship. “Would you like to learn what it feels like to…” Yeah, still haven’t forgotten that. I love you more than David Gandy.
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