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“Shit when, how long?”
“A few months if I had to guess. I don’t know the specifics but it changes things.”
“You’re not backing down, are you?”
“Nah, it means we press harder. I need this shit cleared up. If it was anybody in that family they all pay the price. I just have to move different if Kirsten is affiliated with one of them. You already know what it is.”
“Understood. I’ll do a little digging and send over what I can find on him.”
“’Preciate you.”
War ended the call and paid one last glance at his sister’s door before he pulled away with a new motivation of proving who was behind losing Merritt.
“You seem happy?”
“Huh?” Cali looked up from her phone with lazy eyes and a soft smile in place. She had been scrolling through text conversations with War because she missed him but was also afraid of how fast she’d developed feelings.
It was like déjà vu of the experience she’d had with Merritt. Cali also hadn’t quite figured War out just yet and as comfortable as she was, he was still a strange being. Quiet, attentive, but also reserved in a sense which made Cali feel as if he had secrets.
“I said you seem happy. That must be the reason why?” Conner pointed to her sister’s phone. Cali’s eyes dropped to it before they leveled with her sister’s again.
“No, I mean yeah, kind of. I’m just reading our texts.”
Conner’s smile stretched wide. “Oh you got it bad, sis. Real bad.”
“Shut up. No I don’t.”
“You do, but I like this new you. He makes you happy.”
“I like him but he’s so strange.” Cali’s face scrunched up.
“Strange how? He’s not into weird shit is he? Like weird sex stuff?” Conner’s left brow lifted, prompting Cali to laugh hard.
“No, dummy. Not that kinda weird just, I don’t know. I can’t figure him out. He’s got this quiet intensity about him that’s…” She pulled her lip between her teeth, searching for the proper term. “Heavy. He’s so serious all the time but not in a way that makes me feel like I can’t just be.”
“Well you said he’s older, maybe that’s it.”
“Yeah, that’s part of it, but I don’t know. I can’t really explain what it is. It’s only been a few weeks but I feel like I’ve known him all my life and the way he looks at me it’s like he feels the same.”
“You got that man whipped already, sis?”
Cali flashed a smile. “No, it’s not just the sex, but my god, the sex is amazing. It feels right.”
“Then it is right. You deserve to be happy, Cali.”
“So do you,” Cali fired back with an intense stare.
“I’m happy.”
Sucking her teeth, Cali narrowed her eyes peering at her sister. “Are you?”
“Yes, I am. He’s not perfect?—”
Cali snorted. “Far from it.”
“I get it, you don’t like him, but things with us are not all bad. He’s just?—”
“Don’t. Don’t you dare make excuses for the way he treats you. You’re always talking about me not feeling like I have the right to be loved but that’s you too. You don’t have to settle, Conner. Our parents didn’t want us. They gave us away and we were thrown into a family that basically used us as seat fillers…”
