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Sonia scoffs from her position leaned over the back of the couch while she digs between the cushions. “What kind of question is that?”
“Just…you know. I know it’s good money. But so is being with my dad.”
Her eyes snap to me, fire flickering in her amber eyes. “You think I’m with your dad for the money?”
I move toward the purse in case I need a quick escape from this conversation. “No! Of course not!”
“Because I could have saved myself a lot of interpersonal trouble if–ugh–” She heaves a cushion to the ground and pouts when she doesn’t find the purse.
“Relax, Sonia, I know you aren’t just in it for the money.”
“Then what’s your point?”
I snatch the purse off the ground with a sigh. “My point is that you don’t have to work. And you know my dad wouldn’t have any qualms about it.”
“How did you find that?”
I shrug.
Sonia takes the purse out of my hand and slings it over her shoulder. “Thank you.”
“Any time.”
She smiles at me. “Sorry I was so snippy, I was just–”
“It’s okay. You’ve got a meeting to go to. I get it.”
Sonia adjusts the strap on her shoulder and ticks her head to the side. “I like working.”
“You’re insane.”
She laughs and plops down, pulling her high heels on. “I do! I like being a part of the Lyons Club. I like helping Edwin. I like doing that as a couple. It’s the thing thatbrought us together, and I’m not eager to get rid of that part of my life. You know?”
I furrow my brow. “I guess I don’t.”
“No, of course not.” She stands and swipes a hand through her hair. “You ran away from it. Maybe it’s not for everyone” She shrugs.
I know she doesn’t mean to cut deep, but it does.
“Unless you want to be a COO.” She snickers.
“God, no.” . I’m open to working at the club and figuring out which job is most suited to me. But achiefposition?Thatsounds like hell.
She giggles as she leaves the room. “Have a good day.”
I don’t reply, remaining in the spot where she left me until the front door opens and shuts down the hall.
I left the club behind for lots of reasons, the biggest of which being I wasn’t ready to take on the responsibly my father was pushing onto me. But so much has changed. The expectations have changed. The desires have changed. Dad doesn’t care if I follow in his footsteps anymore. He loves me regardless. Loves me though I’m useless.
I’ve spent six months being useless. Until our trip to the cabin.
There I was worth something. To Laney. To Mason too.
However, Laney’s distance is making it clearer by the day that what I felt there will only existthere. I will not be able to give my heart to her. To make myself useful by being a good lover. By being hers.
Not to mention Mason and I haven’t spoken since then. Every day that passes, it becomes more of a memory.
And I hate that.
