“Because you got so pissed the last time I told you she was in my space, I didn’t want you pissed again.”
“And the last time, I told you to tell me if you saw her again.”
“I couldn’t be sure,” I lied.
I was totally sure.
“You still should have told me.”
“Okay, but I just told you,” I pointed out.
“A day later.”
“Knox,” I snapped. “You just got shot. You were with her. Obviously, she cares about you. She’s undoubtedly worried about you. And you’ve made it clear you aren’t going to keep her apprised of your recovery. Maybe this is just her way of…seeing if you’re okay.”
“Following me, sure. I’d understand that. It’s creepy as all fuck, but on a certain level, I’d get it. But following you?”
Mm-hmm.
That was creepier by even more fuck.
“I was thinking, if I saw her again, I’d talk to Jayden, Shanti’s cousin, about what to do,” I shared.
“When I asked you to tell me?”
“Knox, I didn’t want you upset…again. And anyway, what can you do except repeat your message to back off?”
He had no reply to that because he was a badass, but he wasn’t an officer of the law. There was nothing he could do but repeat his message, maybe threaten her, and if it continued to be a problem, contact law enforcement.
“I want to know if you see her again,” he commanded.
“Okay, sure,” I conceded.
“Like we need her shit on top of everything else,” he muttered out the side window.
We?
I let that go.
So did Knox when I heard him say, “You were very cool with Dream.”
“I’m realizing she gets a lot of mixed messages from Mom and Dad. Dad isn’t at one with her attitude and manipulations. Mom does stuff that rewards her attitude and manipulations.”
“Neither are good, but I think she’s focusing on your dad.”
“I think so too,” I agreed.
“He favors you and doesn’t hide it.”
I made a face because, yeah. He did.
“Mom favors Dream,’ I told him.
“No, baby,” he said quietly. “Your mom favors you too. She just rolls over for Dream in an attempt to make things go smoother.”
I glanced at him before putting my eyes back to the road. “You think Mom favors me?”
“You’re easier. You don’t suck all her energy. You pitch in rather than taking what you can get. You don’t make her wonder where she went wrong. Yeah, she favors you too.”
