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His lips twitched, fighting a smile. “Josh says it may be best if we don’t come back. Things aren’t going terrific back at the house.”
“Me or we?”
He blushed slightly. “Juliette, Mark’s embarrassed. And pissed at Josh and me for involving you and bringing you up here.”
“So, I should turn around and go home? That’s it?” Part of me wanted to. At the heart of Mark’s reaction was simple rejection. And it hurt. “Too bad. I’m not doing that.”
Brian expelled a breath and grabbed the check before I could, only pissing me off further.
I threw down a twenty, but per usual, he shoved it back at me, refusing to let me pay.
“Will you drive me back to his house, or do I need to call a taxi?” I wanted to know.
He watched me push the twenty toward him again and sighed. “Uber.”
“What?”
“People don’t call taxis anymore. They get Uber or Lyft rides.”
I knew he was only trying to distract me, Brian style, but it wasn’t working. “Thanks for the tip. Now, are you driving me back there or not?”
“I don’t want to see you get hurt.”
Me, neither, but I’d already left Mark once without being honest about my feelings. I wasn’t doing it again. This time I’d ensure he knew where I stood, and hopefully, we’d both put it all out there. “I’m tougher than my size.” This time it wasn’t an act; I was actually starting to believe it.
“Which is why I’m taking this twenty instead of arguing. What will you do if he refuses to see you?”
After leaving my son and dropping everything to get up here, I certainly wasn’t turning around now. I’d gone in without any expectations, but at this point, it pissed me off to be dismissed.
“I don’t know, but in my current mood, he’s certainly going to hear me, at the very least.”
