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Chapter Sixteen

Days I have spent days feeling like I a if it’s really there in the first place

Morrison and his road tripFrustration builds further inside me as I dwell

Does he really think I buy the bullshit he’s selling? Is he upset because I got in and played the gary that I won my own pot to pay my way out? Did I mess up some plan he had for me to be in debt to him?

My head is all over the place, as are my eet with Livi, the ood Then, when I don’t hear fro what I want to see, not what’s really there?

Givenpeople’s character Honestly, I have never been in a situation to sort out who is good and who is bad—I was never allowed choices The people I met and associated ere Monte’s people Even Ja, was chosen by Monte to be h I’m sure he never expected her to becoame

Sure, Morrison anshen I call, but he has made no atteas has taken longer than I ever expected it to, as well His response to that is he was taking in the scenery

Again, I call bullshit

I wipe down the bar in front of ht?

“Deep in thought over there, girl,” Jared barks out at me

I hurry over to him, then take another look around toto me before I smile sweetly at him

The man holds his liquor well He also holds back so much behind those dark eyes as he spits out joke after joke to his friends Serving the regulars, night in and night out, I have learned that friendships seelass or two, or three

“Hit e to ht, and every time, his response is the saain on a different day

“Why does Alice ask so many questions?”

He shrugs his shoulders for me to answer

“Because she’s in Wonderland” I smile, and Jared shakes his head

“Moht I coivebedti since passed Serve me up, darlin’, and we’ll keep this our little secret”

I laugh out loud, ely