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“I think you’re just jealous”
I blinked because I didn’t even have a clue what to say to that “What?”
“You started working at that crappy restaurant and met Dovie All of a sudden you have an in with people in the Point, you get in places like fight night and uys like Race Hart, like it’s your own private club or so”
I was so flabbergasted, all I could do was roll my eyes at her
“That’s nonsense and you know it I go to work and I go ho some double life”
“I don’t know, Brysen You’ve been acting weirder and weirder lately”
Of course Drew picked thatover the last few months”
Of course I had My ho a class, Ito protect uy as absolutely the worst person in the world forover I didn’t need either of the reasons for
I took a step away from both of them and pulled the layer of frost I had perfected over the years around my shoulders like a superhero cape
“Fight night is terrible, but go if you really feel like it’s so you have to witness I don’t have to justify my behavior to either of you, and frankly it pisses me off that you think you can speculate about what my life is like You don’t know; no one does”
I turned onafter ood flounce I chalked it up to the blond hair and long-legged gait, plus all the recent practice I got at honorable I was getting pretty good at brushing off things that really pricked atto be numb to all emotion and that equally thrilledof my mom’s addiction and instability, would e every time Karsen looked atout on the burn, the tingling anticipation I felt whenever I was around Race, would suck He made rind of hty sense of responsibility That would be hard to freeze out, even if I kneas for the best We weren’t good for each other, had different troubles and proble us, and it made no sense to try and add each other into that mix
I went to the rest of my classes Fell in love with hts were always pretty steady, so I was running at a good clip all the way until close Iout the cash while waiting on Ra Karsen was at another sleepover, so I doubted it was her, and when I saw Adria’s nanored it Ramon waved me to the front door and I scowled as ain