Consumed
by Elizabeth MiceliSeries: Barren #2
Published on August 31, 2016 by Swoon Romance
Genres: Contemporary, New Adult
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Stacey Lorenzo has finished treatment, but is still devastated by her past as she enters college. With drugs and alcohol so readily available, so much freedom, and barely any supervision, Stacey falls back into old habits. Soon it’s a daily dose of partying, self-medicating, and having sex with lots of different guys. As her relationship with Eli destructs, she falls for Jesse, who just so happens to be a drug dealer. Every time she starts to fall back into the memories of her past, Jesse makes it easy to snort away the pain.
But she snorts too much one night; it forces her to question the man she loves and acknowledge her mental and emotional instability. In the second installment of The Barren Series, Stacey must overcome her addiction and make peace with her past if she is ever to be truly happy again.
About Elizabeth Miceli
Elizabeth hails from the smallest state with the biggest heart. She started off at The University of Akron and then transferred to the University of Rhode Island. She is a majoring in Human Development and Family Studies and minoring in Psychology. Although she loves writing- she also has a passion for helping others which is why she is studying to become a sex therapist/couples counselor. Elizabeth loves spending time with her family and friends, singing, eating everything Italian, and baking cookies. She is “in love with love” which is probably why the driving force in almost everything she writes is romance. When she’s not getting lost in her characters she can be found waiting for her prince charming in her North Kingstown, Rhode Island home.
“Jesse, stop! I’m fine!” I tried to convince him. I hoped if I convinced him I was fine, he would let me have the drugs. I really didn’t want him to take the coke. I needed it to function.
“No, you’re not, Stacey.” He wasn’t yelling anymore. He was pleading, kneeling down in front of me. “Please, just stop. For me.”
“Why, though?” I looked into his eyes, watching tears start to run down his face. “Don’t cry, Jess.”
“I love you, Stacey. But, I can’t watch you become this dependent. When I was with you and your family”—he hiccupped, and inhaled loudly—“I realized how stupid we were being. You’ve had a hard past. I know all about it, and I am so sorry that happened to you. But I feel horrible because your family trusts me, and I’m fucking giving you coke to help you with your anxiety. I’m not helping you; I’m making it worse. I love you so much, and I can’t bring you down anymore.”
Watching him cry made me want to lock myself in my dorm room and never come out. I wanted to stay with Jesse and just focus on each other. I cried with him, beginning to understand how he felt.
“You’re not making it worse,” I sobbed into his chest, leaning down to be closer to him. “I love you.” He looked at me; one stray tear trickled down ever so slowly.
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