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“You’re lying to me,” he bites out.
My mom flies in, putting herself between us. “Enough.”
“I won’t have it!” he cries. “You don’t sleep in a bed in your fucking underwear with two guys and say nothing happened.”
“Kade has never touched me!” I yell.
Air pours in and out of his mouth as he seethes, but his voice is a level quieter when he asks, “And Hunter?”
I close my mouth, swallowing through my parched throat.
His glower pounds me into the floor, but I square my shoulders and don’t look away. “I’m eighteen, and I’d like my privacy.”
He rears back, a whole new look in his eyes as if that’s not the stance I want to be taking right now. His eyes light up with the challenge, but instead of fighting me more, he starts to back up and leave the room.
“Where are you going?” my mom asks, sounding nervous.
He spins around, stepping through the door.
“Jared?” she calls.
“I’m just going to talk to their father,” he says as he disappears around the corner and pounds down the stairs. “Bring her home!”
Talk to their father…
I shoot a glance to my mom. “Mom,” I beg.
“Get your shoes,” she tells me. “Hurry.”
In less than a minute, I have my sneakers on, and I’m running down the stairs, tying my hair up into a ponytail. My stomach growls at the scent of eggs and bacon, but I don’t stop to think where it’s coming from.
My mom leads the way out the door, followed by my brother, and I see my car parked at the curb. I guess they thought I might like it for my last night here?
But then I climb in the passenger side as my mom drives, and it hits me…the dance.
And the coffees my dad showed up with. They probably brought breakfast for the fake family I’m staying with as a thank you for hosting me.
Shit.
And my mom probably wanted to see if I wanted to go shopping for tonight.
Son of a bitch.My shoulders slump as my brother and I fasten our seatbelts, my mom peeling out of the neighborhood. I don’t see anyone on the street, but it’s early, and Farrow is undoubtedly sleeping off his hangover.
I’d kind of love for him to be awake right now. It’s going to take an army to keep my dad in line.
My mom shifts into third, then fourth, cutting a sharp right and descending into the mill district. She races down River Road, and I glance at my brother in the backseat. His AirPods are in as he plays a game on his tablet.
I keep my voice low. “I promise nothing happened last night,” I tell her. “We all just slept.”
She throws me a look. “Dylan…”
And I can see that it’s as hard for her to believe as it was for my dad.
I know it looked bad. A situation like that where no one touched each other just wouldn’t happen.
But….
“Mom, I love Hunter,” I say.
