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I freeze as I realize that he knows I’ve been sneaking out and spending the night at Aaron’s. The realization that he came to my room looking for me in the middle of the night makes my skin crawl and I take another step back from him and into my room.
Luckily for me, he doesn’t say anything else and just leaves me standing in my room watching him head down the hallway. I want to throw up thinking about what could have happened if I had been here last night and I know that I can’t come back here again.
Spinning on my heel I head over to my nightstand and pull open the second drawer and reach my hand in the back to find the envelope with the money I’ve been saving. I can take this and some clothes and stay at Aaron’s house for two more days before I graduate and leave town.
I reach my hand into the back of the drawer and freeze when I can’t find it. I pull the whole drawer out and my heart sinks when I realize that it’s gone. He took it. And now I’m trapped here.
I can’t stay here though or he’ll get me so I open my backpack and shove in as many jeans and shirts that will fit. I grab the frame from my dresser with the picture of my mom and me and shove that in as well before I head for the door.
I take one last look inside to make sure that I haven’t missed anything important before I pull the door closed behind me and make my way down the stairs. I don’t see Conrad on my way out. He must already be in the barn. I thank my lucky stars that I won’t have to see him again before I sneak out the front door and make my way back over to Aaron’s house.
I’ll have to skip school today but seeing as we graduate in two days, I don’t think I’ll be missing much. Today was the last day anyway so I would have gotten out at noon. I pick my way across the shrubbery between the two houses and breathe out a sigh of relief when I emerge on Aarons property.
I make my way back inside and look up as I hear Aaron come around the corner of the kitchen. When he sees me standing there with my backpack stuffed full, he just smiles at me and nods his head towards the stairs.
I give him a grateful smile and make my way up to the bedrooms. At the top of the stairs, I turn and look back towards his room. I remember the way it felt to sleep next to him last night and I want more than anything to go back in there and put my stuff away but I don’t want to push it, so with a heavy sigh, I head into the guestroom.
Chapter5
Aaron
Iwatch as Annalise makes her way up the stairs. I love that she’s back home but I hate the defeated look I saw in her eyes when she walked past me. I hope that she’s putting her bag and things in our room instead of the guest room and it takes everything in me not to run up the stairs and make sure that that’s what she’s doing. The thought of her things hanging next to mine in the closet and of falling asleep holding her every night has my cock straining against the zipper of my jeans.
I adjust myself quickly when I hear Annalise making her way back downstairs and take a second plate down for her. I dish out some eggs and sausage onto each of our plates and turn just in time to hand her one as she comes into the kitchen. She thanks me as she makes her way over to the kitchen table.
I take a seat across from her and watch as she takes a bite of the eggs. I debate whether or not to bring up why she’s here with a bag full of stuff but I can already guess the reason why. Conrad did something shitty and she left. I can only hope that this time she left for good. Her birthday and graduation are tomorrow so there’s not really anything keeping her in that house with him.
I decide to stick to less complicated topics and ask her about her birthday as she takes the last bite of her breakfast.
“So, any big plans for your birthday tomorrow?”
“Not really. I have my graduation at noon and then I was going to get a bus ticket.”
My fork clatters to my plate when I hear her say that.
“What? Bus ticket to where? Where are you going?”
My tongue can’t keep up with my brain and I’m panicking thinking about her leaving me. I don’t think that I could survive without seeing her every day.
“I was thinking about going to Austin. I could get a job there and save up some money and then hopefully enroll in classes in a year or two.”
I don’t like the thought of her leaving me and I notice something like pain flash in her eyes when she mentioned saving money. I make a mental note to figure out what that was about later. Right now, I need to focus on her leaving me.
“You can’t leave on your birthday! We have to celebrate!”
“Oh, we don’t have to do anything special.” She tries to tell me.
“No, I insist. We can have dinner out or I can make something here. We’ll have to celebrate your graduation too.”
The back door bangs open and in walks my foreman, Tim. He tips his hat to Annalise and then looks to me.
“We still branding those calves today, Boss?”
“Yeah. I’ll be right out Tim.” I say as I take my plate to the sink and rinse it off.
“Go ahead and leave your dishes in the sink and I’ll take care of them tonight.” I tell her as I sit back down at the kitchen table and pull my boots on.
“Oh, I can do them.”
