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"What was that for?" he whined rubbing his head

"Eres un tonto, hacer una chica honesta de ella," she told him with a smile I had no idea what she just said, but he looked perplexed and maybe a little conflicted Before I could even ask what she’d said in Spanish, the girls launched into a round of questions

"Javerio?" I asked in a hushed tone while walking out to his truck at the end of the night

"Don’t Only faered a pang in htly reined in He was absolutely right; I wasn’t his family I wasn’t anybody’s family

"What did yourto the words she’d spoken at dinner; ones I had no hope of understanding

With a scowl he mumbled, "She told irl of you" He shook his head in what I was sure was part annoyance and part disgust I already knew the irl of anyone was ludicrous, so I bit ue and stared out the

The drive home was more than a little tense, but as he pulled up toto let his I also had this uncontrollable urge to push his buttons and call him on his shit whenever he pulled it, which more often than not, hen he opened his mouth and sound came out

"You knohat? Screw you I won’t have you treating me like one of your whores" My assu his real narunt and raced with

Ju up the ay, I stopped short at his gruff voice behind me "You weren’t ever one of my whores Never will be, Princess"

His war on his lip and looking down at ht blue eyes, he looked unsure It wasn’t a look I’d seen on him before and thestopped my smart reply in its tracks

"Don’t think you’re anything less that special to estured tohappens with us, we’ll share so pretty daently to h, he turned and ju down the road

I letthe deadbolts behind reat one and was ing and screa off the norer and safer place, but with the pathetic shifts I was getting at the run-down bar I worked at, there wasn’t htly routine of bath, puke and PJs, I curled up on the sofa with alonely I didn’t want anything much, just a little companionship, even sos didn’t usually bother me, so I simply put it down to hor alone I’d lived on my own since I was sixteen years old I’d never needed anyone before and I proirl I could do it all onto do with it, an annoying voice in the back ofcredits even rolled by Playing the night over in my head, I came up with endless questions and scenarios, all of which just served to cause a twisted knot in my stomach

While Trip see my mind in to a little vortex of what ifs and maybes I didn't want anyone to have to have irls, Milla and Haven What if Ma thought I did this on purpose? Oh no! Maybe that’s what she said in Spanish? I don’t speak Spanish Shit, what did she say? Trip hadn’t looked upset when she’d said it, so it couldn’t have been too bad, but there was confusion there Maybe I was over reacting? Probably, but I just couldn’t get a grip on all of the self-doubt Useless tears welled up in nancy crap was driving ha nasty, bitchy little brat, I was crying over nothing Even some stupid coh to haveone? Sniffling, I wiped the tears away as they slowly trickled down s were already out of control Chocolate ice creaross, but I wanted it so I had to have it I opened the near-ee in search for my precious pickles, only to find three jars completely empty, apart from a little juice in the bottoms "No!" I cried "No, no, no, no!" I reached into the freezer feeling around in the hopes there ically pop up, but again, nothing "Why , I sat on the cold, battered-up linoleu like a kid whose pet bunny had just died I knew exactly how unreasonable my tears were, but at that point, it was completely out of ed my phone Shit, it was late; Scarlett would be asleep; besides, I wasn’t in the habit of bothering her and Mace This leftbetween the kitchen and hed my options Did I dare call him? Were pickles and ice cream really that important? Yes, yes they were

Chapter Five

Trip

My cell vibrating onmy name My dick was hard as nails and I swear I was about ten seconds fro it a wet drea around as I ca the screen, I hit the button and pulled the phone up toit better be a house burning down or a zombie apocalypse to wake me from those fantasies

"Trip" The voice on the other end caught ht in bed and ? What happened? " I rushed out ju clothes on as fast as I could

My adrenaline had kicked in; a two a So up a silent prayer, I focused on the sniffling and hiccupping words coh the speaker