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“I can come with you. Try and charm her.”
“As much as I appreciate the offer, I’m not sure your smooth talk is going to get us very far.”
“I don’t know,” I say with a shrug. “It worked pretty well with her daughter.”
Her eyes widen in mock horror. “So you’re telling me all those confessions last night were just lines to get in my panties?”
“Confessions? What’s my big brother been confessing? I’m not sure any priest in the world has enough time to hear his sins.”
“Fuck off, Conner.”
“Bro, you’re leaning against my car. What the fuck do you want me to do? Stick my fingers in my ears as I wait for you to fuck off?”
I push from his car to end his argument.
“You know that every word I said last night was the truth, right?” I whisper to Remi so my douche of a brother can’t hear.
“I do. Just let me handle my mom. Go home and plot your revenge on the cheer bitch.”
“Can I see you after?”
“I’m not sure if that’s such a good idea. If Mom’s pissed, the last thing she’s going to want is you sneaking in the house.”
“You could sneak out,” I suggest. “Then we can be as loud as we want in the pool house.”
“Let’s see how it goes with Mom first.”
I expect her to follow me onto my bike when I climb on, but instead she stands at the side, looking conflicted.
“Come on, Princess. What are you waiting for?”
“I think it’s probably best if I…” She gestures to Conner’s car, and my heart sinks.
“Really?”
“Just until I’ve talked to Mom.”
“Fine,” I grumble. “Call me when you’re done.”
I wait for her to get into the car before gunning my engine and leaving that fucking school behind.
With Conner giving Remi a ride home and Cole at practice, I walk into what I think is an empty kitchen until Ellen pokes her head out of the pantry.
“Have you had a good day?” she asks.
“Great,” I say sarcastically. The fact that I’m sitting here alone with the housekeeper just about sums it up. I should be with my girl.
“Why the long face? You having a hard time after what happened?”
I smirk, amused that she thinks anyone would dare give me a hard time. “Nah, it’s not like that. I spent last night with Remi. Things are good.”
“Oh?” Her lips curve knowingly.
“Things aren’t always as they seem.”
“I know that. It’s just that things seemed pretty bad.”
I can’t really argue with that.
