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Greer whips her head in my direction, fear dancing in her eyes as she silently evades my offer to help.
“I'm not being completely altruistic. I'd like to meet the man myself, as he probably has a lot of insight into my mother's earlier years. Our mother.” God, it's so weird that she had a kid with someone else.
“Maybe. I haven’t decided if I want to bother with it.”
“Really?” Okay, that’s … weird.
Greer shrugs.
Well, I know what I want to bother with and it involves finding out if my father is capable of lying.
“You told my dad right? That I’m your sister?”
“Not right away. I was too chicken. But I did eventually tell him—”
She stops talking when her phone buzzes and looks at the screen. “This is the broker where I work. I have to answer. Just give me one second, okay?”
I stand up and give her space, pacing the coffee section with knots in my stomach. So, my father did lie to me. He knew about Greer. God, I feel sick.
I also suddenly realize how weird it is to have an older sister who is dating my dad. Seriously. How are we supposed to talk about girl stuff if she’s doingthatwithhim?
We don’t. That’s how. I kick that thought from my head as soon as it enters.
After five minutes have passed, I’ve already sucked down another cup of coffee with six packets of sugar.
“Well, this is grand.”
“What is?” I spin in her direction.
“Stig called while I was on the phone, and he’s stuck in Stockholm.”
“Is this a bad alliteration joke? Or is he really stuck there?”
“He’s really stuck. Something is wrong with the plane.”
I’m too mad at him to care. “They’ll probably have it fixed today. I wouldn’t worry too much.”
“Yeah,” she mutters, chewing on her thumb nail. “Well, either way, he wants me to go to his office and get some things from his computer. Do you mind dropping me off there?”
I draw back. “You have a key to his office?”
Greer nods.
“What does he need? I can get it.” My motivation to help is solely a golden opportunity to pry through his things. I would never do this under different circumstances. Mostly because he keeps his office locked and I don’t have a key.
But we’re not under different circumstances.
We’re under these.
And I’m angry. Angry enough to break the god damn door down and violate his privacy.
And the fact that Greer has a key … it’s like he trusts her more than me. Notlike, hedoes. I can’t pretend that doesn’t quietly enrage me.
“Thanks. But it would take me longer to explain than it would to grab it myself. I need to go there anyway because I left one of my sweaters at the cafeteria and I want to see if it landed in the lost and found closet.”
“Okay. I’ll probably stop in myself and catch up on a few things, see how our east coast division is doing.” I don’t know why I tell her that, maybe to make myself feel important to the company. Cause right now, I’m not feeling at all important.
“Awesome.” Greer seems to force a smile. I guess because she’s upset that Daddy isn’t coming home.
