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I kept my mouth shut as the e It wasn’t until we reached the Sweetser Circle on the Parkway and Michael didn’t come off onto Broadway in Everett that I opened ?”

He kept driving down the Parkway “Chelsea”

“Why?”

Michael flicked ly calm “My apartment is in Chelsea”

My pulse skittered

Alone with Michael In his apartment

Nope

“Turn around and take me back to Dad’s”

The bastard ignored nation until he pulled to a stop outside a three-decker in Chelsea

He’d parked with the passenger side to the sidewalk, and I looked up at the building, curious and fearful all at once

“Let’s go inside”

“I’, Michael”

“Stop being so fuckin’ melodramatic,” he said without heat

“Melodramatic?” I clenched my teeth “You ht”

“I know you If you didn’t want to be here, there is no way I could have gotten you in the car Now get out” He pushed open his door, slammed it shut, and came around the hood of the car to open mine