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“You want a ride home?”
I smile a little. “No, I’m okay.”
He sounds soft. Normally, he wouldn’t ask. He’d just tell me what he’s going to do.
“I’ll come and get you right now,” he says.
I wander in slow steps. “I’m okay.”
My voice is raspy, and I swallow the lump.
“You’re mad at me.”
I shake my head, looking up and around. Hunter still sits on his car, but his eyes are completely on me now. He’s watching me.
“Not everything is about you,” I tell Kade.
“Why?” he retorts. “You love him more?”
Love him more? What is he talking about?
“Not everything is about you,” I whisper.
“Yeah, it is.” His tone is resolute. “You left because I ignored you.”
I pinch my brows together, facing the fire. But I can’t look up from the ground.
“It’s all about me,” he growls. “You never fucking noticed Hunter when I was around.”
“That’s not true.”
“He didn’t even exist when I was around, did he?”
I shake my head.
“You wanted to be where I was,” he goes on and tears fill my eyes. Is that what Hunter thinks? “Always where I was. All you saw was me.”
I…
That’s not true.
Shoes appear, then legs, and I look up, seeing Hunter standing in front of me.
“You know why?” Kade asks as I stare up at his brother. “Because you and I are alike, Dylan. We race into trouble, and I wouldn’t have you any other way. He would put a leash on you. He always tried to control you. To calm you down and restrain you.”
Hunter holds my eyes, unblinking.
“It’s our senior year,” Kade tells me. “I need you here, Dylan. You know he bores you.”
Hunter takes the phone out of my hand, looks at the screen, and swipes, hanging up on his twin.
He slides it into the pocket of my hoodie and then takes my hand, threading his fingers through mine. “Let’s go.”
Hunter
She steals glances at me as I drive.
I knew she was talking to Kade on the phone. From fifty yards away, I recognized the body language. The bowed head, the frown, the limited movement of her lips, because he was dominating the conversation, as usual.
