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“Sarah,” Kalum warns, his voice laced with steel.
She glares at me in a fit of rage. “What? It’s the truth, she is your housekeeper. No one wants her around. You said so yourself when she first showed up. Not even her parents must want her. Probably why she ended up a charity case for one of your mother’s pet projects.”
Everyone that is standing in line glances at me with a look of pity. Tears burn in the back of my eyes. My heart sinks that he told everyone that he didn’t want me but I knew that. What hurts the most is the reminder of my parents.
Dex places a hand on my shoulder, and I look over at anything to distract me from looking at Kalum. “Don’t pay that bitch any mind. She hates her life and gets off on putting others down.” Dex says.
To my relief, Lane and Blaze are walking over with sodas and cotton candy in their hands. He frowns and then glances at where Kalum and his group are standing. Dex speaks softly to Lane and his head snaps up to look past me. His lip curls, but then his eyes soften when they land on mine.
“Could you take me on another ride, please?” I ask in a shaky voice.
I need to get out of this line and do something other than being here listening to how messed up my life is right now. I can’t stand her, and I’m so tired of her. The reminder of what Kalum has said about me to everyone makes me regret last night.
The only moment today I had that I felt free was on a carnival ride with Lane. The reminder that I can go to my real home right now has me feeling like I’m going to break down.
He walks up to me and nods. “Yeah, I’ll take you on every ride if you want.” He places my hair behind my ear. “Look at me.” He raises my head with his finger on my chin.
Tears threaten to fall and I’m trying to blink them back the best I can. Lane brushes his thumb on my cheek when one tear escapes, catching its descent. He then slides his hand inside the cotton candy bag and places a piece on my lips and when I open, it melts on my tongue tasting sweet.
“Does it taste good?”
I nod and Exie comes into view concern is marring her expression. “You okay, Aura?”
“Yeah,” I say after swallowing.
“Forget about the stupid bear. Let’s go have fun. Don’t listen to her.” Exie turns her head at a glaring Sarah and Wendy. “They all deserve each other,” she says loud enough for them to hear.
The line moves along but we step out of it and right before we leave. We hear Sarah raise her voice. “Are you kidding me, Kalum?”
Kalum’s face is hard and murderous looking at Sarah. “We’re over. Find a ride home.”
“You’re making a mistake. Any guy would kill to be with me.”
Kalum sneers, and he waves his hand toward the crowd of people rubbernecking. “Well, hurry up because they are all waiting, including Jimmy.” Her face is red like a bomb waiting to explode. She crosses her arms in a huff, embarrassed she just got dumped in front of everyone.
“You will regret it.”
Kalum laughs sarcastically. “I regret entertaining the thought of you, and for the record, you’re a horrible lay.” He clenches his teeth. “I’m done. And stay away from Aura.”
Chapter fourteen
Kalum
The look of hurt on her face when Sarah mentioned her parents had me seeing red. This time Sarah went too far and I care too much about Aura to allow a selfish bitch like Sarah to hurt her. She mentioned all the things I have said to everyone about Aura when we first met.
Then I had to watch Lane Turner striding to her like her savior, touching her. The way she whispered something softly to him and then he fed her the cotton candy was so intimate.
I wanted to punch his fucking lights out. I figured she would meet Lane since she is good friends with Exie but what gutted me the most was the way he swiped her cheek and I saw one of her bracelets on his wrist. She made it for him, and I wish it was mine.
Lane and I go way back and is most likely the reason he didn’t say anything to Sarah and defend Aura. We’re boys since high school. He would spend time talking about cars and race in the back roads to see which car we could push faster. He is smart and knows everything about engines and how to build them.
The guy is a genius in the race car world. He can build any car. I respect and admire him. He is self-made and a good guy. We were tight in high school. The same way me and Cason are but Lane and I share the love of a fast car.
Since he is a year older and graduated a before me, I expected him to follow in his parents’ footsteps like all rich kids do and take over their company or attend college first. Lane did neither, he attended a mechanic school before he graduated and is certified mechanic and works on all types of makes and models.
It is his passion, and he is living his dream on his terms and has made a lot of money on his own. Lane didn’t need a trust fund or daddies help. He made money on the street fixing cars and opened his own shop and is very well off.
He even moved out of his parents’ home after he graduated high school because believe it or not, we don’t like the fact that our parents want us to do what they want. They want us to be who they want us to be and marry who they deem fit.
