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Michael pushed off the door and away frolowered, his face taut with frustration “This isn’t about upsetting Dillon What she and I did hardly qualified as dating, and you know it You’re pissed atthere in the first place, and now you’re punishing me!”

Rage flooded me “Of course, I’m pissed! You pulled my kid sister into our shit!”

“Our shit? Our shit! This is our lives, our future, we’re talking about, Dahlia”

“I just want to knohy! Why her? When you kne I felt about you?”

“Kne you felt?” His voice got scarily soft

I pressed further against the door, hoping I’d melt into it

“That night you calledlot, as it that pulled away and said she couldn’t do it? I didn’t pull away and say I couldn’t I was seconds away fro my best friend, and at that ot to be with you I took it to mean that even if you were attracted to me, you wanted Gary more I dated Dillon before I found out about your breakup She reminded me of you a little It was fucked up, I know that, but I’ve been fucked up over you for a long time”

That heat, the wet, between s increased and I could hear how short and shallow ht because of you Not because of me I knehat your friendship with Gary meant to you, and I didn’t want to couilt”

He was silent a ood “And that’s why I feel how I feel for you But you should know I’ve felt guilty froirlfriend Guilty because I resented his for you go away” He shrugged “But they won’t go away, Dahlia”

Hoas I supposed to resist that?

How?

But Dillon, my mom …

Jesus Christ

“Do you want me or not?” he asked

I should lie