“Did you see popcorn anywhere, big man? Because if there was and I missed out, I’ll be really pissed.”
“Point is,” Kane says. “How did he figure out you could be in danger, then proceed to text me?”
I tilt my head in his direction. So he’s been talking to Kane while blocking me?
The fuckingaudacity.
“Why do you have each other’s numbers?” I ask.
“We don’t. He has mine for some reason. And you’re not changing the subject, Pres. Why was Osborn there?”
I shrug. “Ask him. Shouldn’t be hard since you’rebestieswho are on a texting basis.”
Salty, extra sodium. Yup, that’s me.
“Did he try to blow up your car while you were in it?”Jude stands taller. “Because I don’t give a fuck what our dads say or that he’s an Osborn. I will hunt him down and kill him.”
“Bitch,please.” I pretend to yawn. “You think a nobody like Osborn can hurtme? I’m so offended right now. That’s, like, a total David and Gorilla thing.”
“Goliath,” Jude deadpans.
“They’re both big. Shut up.”
Kane’s eyes narrow the slightest. “You’re meaning to tell me that Osborn justhappenedto pass by?”
“How would I know? I was having the best time of my life being high and shit.” I study him again, because, yes, I’m still annoyed Marcus got in touch. He can’t be thinking about seducing him, too, right? I’ll bury him alive.
“What did he say when he texted you?”
“Something like, ‘Do you have any idea what Armstrong is doing right now on the top of a fucking cliff while he’s high?’ Considering I was out of the state at the time, naturally, I had no clue.”
“Chasing Denise.”
“Dahlia. And yes, I was far away, so I called Jude as I hit the road.”
“Making a volcano out of a mole.”
“Mountain out of a molehill,” Jude says.
“I meant it the other way. Keep up, big man.”
“I still don’t understand the Osborn angle.” Kane frowns. “It just doesn’t make any sense.”
Me neither.
How the hell did he get Kane’s number so fast, then still come for me?
I thought he hated me.
Or was done with me or what the fuck ever.
He certainly blocked me all the way to hell before that.
It was the bike, wasn’t it? He was dazzled by my riches like all of them.
And yet…
Even as I think that, I don’t believe it. Not really.
