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“Ross wasn’t able to find me last night,” I told her. “I…I don’t know. If Malcolm made up my half of the rent, maybe I could rent Earl’s spare room, you know.”
Delta didn’t comment on my thoughts. Instead, she reached across and squeezed my arm. “Hey, how about we leave all that behind for right now? Let’s just enjoy the weekend with my parents and…and just relax, yeah?”
I smiled because I didn’t want to ruin Delta’s weekend with her parents. She’d been kind enough to let me crash her party, so the last thing that I wanted to do was ruin it for her. Besides, my problems weren’t going anywhere. There’d be plenty of time to suffer from them when we got back home.
“Deal,” I replied. “But don’t get butthurt if they neglect you for me. You know they like me best.”
Delta laughed like I knew she would. “Deal.”
The rest of the ride was filled with singing eighties lyrics and a couple of snack stops. It really was amazing what one good friend could do for you.
Chapter 23
Ross~
Toby was out of town for the weekend, thank fucking God.
After Sutton had gone back to class, I had called for an emergency meeting, and luckily for me, all the guys had made the time. The only difference was that Rylee and Kincaid had shown up with Stone and Saxton. Too caught up in my anger, I hadn’t even questioned it when I opened my door to them. Common sense told me that Stone wasn’t going to leave Rylee unattended while he was unsure of August, but Kincaid being here was still a question mark.
“Okay, so what’s going on?” Fox asked.
“Yeah, dude. You look like you’re about to set the world on fire,” Stone added.
I looked over at Fox. “Is Alexis giving you any shit about not hanging out with her?”
He shook his head. “Nah, she knows the deal,” he answered. “If I need something from her, I’ll let her know. Other than that, it’s not like we’re friends.”
We were all standing in my kitchen, surrounding the island, and it was everything I could do not to just start breaking shit. “That’s what I thought,” I replied. “As far as I know, the relationships have always been like that, right?”
Saxton nodded. “Yeah. The supporters are just that. They’re support in case we find ourselves in a bind. Though they have the power to step in if they see us doing some fucked-up shit, they really have no power over us.”
I ran my eyes over each face before telling them what happened. “Jennifer’s been blowing up my phone,” I told them. “It started yesterday, and when I wouldn’t call her back, and she became dissatisfied with my one-word replies to her texts, she sought me out.”
“What for?” Kincaid asked.
“She said that Laney was telling her how she needed to hang out with me and form a real friendship in order to guarantee her everything that The Order promised her.”
“What?” Rylee practically shrieked.
“Oh, that’s not the worst of it,” I replied.
“Christ, what’s the worst of it?” Fox asked.
“I was arguing with Sutton when Jennifer decided to make herself known.”
“Ah, fuck,” Saxton muttered.
“Shit,” Stone added.
“What’d Sutton say?” Fox asked.
“Hold up, wait. Who’s Sutton?” Rylee asked.
“Sutton Hadley,” Kincaid asked, then looked over at me. “Or I’m presuming it’s Sutton Hadley, right? I don’t know any other Suttons who go to Hales.”
“It’s Sutton Hadley,” I confirmed.
“So…she’s your girlfriend?” Rylee asked.
