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I didn’t tell him I was going back to his brother tonight, but I guess my little tantrum has run its course. I know how hard it is for anyone to stand up to their parents. Hell I still have a hard time doing it and my mother is an angel compared to their father. I can move past this. “Thanks so much.”
“No problem.” Ian pulls his phone out and calls me a cab. He walks me downstairs and waits until I’m safely inside before he goes back upstairs. I hope I’d helped him enough today to keep him from falling back into old habits.
I have to fight to stay awake in the car. The only thing keeping me on point are the million and one movies I’ve seen about women getting kidnapped by cab drivers late at night. I’m in a gown, my hair is probably one big rat’s nest and I’m sure I look like I just ran out of some sort of insane asylum. I make it back to Percy’s penthouse fine, butI have to force my legs to move. I’m so tired.
The night guard perks up when he sees me and he stares me down as I get in the elevator. I’m sure I look out of sorts, but he really didn’t have to stare at me like that.
I press in the code that takes me directly to his floor. I lean against the wall and close my eyes for a second. I swear I could fall asleep right here. The door opens and there’s a horde of people in the main area. I don’t take another step, maybe I’ve somehow landed on a different floor.
“Shit, she’s here.” I see Greg’s head poke out from behind another man’s back. I finally step off the elevator and my oh shit radar jumps to DEFCON level 3. What’s going on? Who are all these people and why does Greg look like he’s about to lose his mind?
I see the crowd of people move slightly as if someone were pushing their way through. Percy’s crazed and sweaty face comes into view and he eyes me up and down until he lets out a shuddered breath.
“What’s going on?” I ask in the hauntingly silent room. For there to be this many people I’d think they’d all be very loud. Instead, I can only hear my own breathing.
“Greg, clear out. Make sure everyone’s paid for their time.” Percy’s voice is deadly and his gaze feels like knives passing over my skin.
“You got it, boss.” Greg quickly starts getting everyone out of the house while Percy just stands there and stares at me. I don’t know what is wrong with him, but I don’t think I’ve ever seen him so upset.
I look at Greg just as he walks out of the apartment. He only shakes his head at me like he’s sorry for me. Why would he be sorry for me? Did Percy tell him what happened at his parent’s house? I mean that would make me embarrassed as well. I thought for sure that he'd keep something like that to himself I guess not.
"Percy? Are you just going to stand there and stare at me the entire time or are you going to say something to me?" I smile at him and take a step forward, but instead of him moving closer to me he takes a step back and he doesn't return my smile in the least.
"What is the problem? Are you mad?" I ask now desperately searching for what I could have done to piss him off this bad. The longer it takes me to find anything the more pissed I get at myself for letting him control my emotions this much.
The door to the elevator slides closed and we're completely alone for the first time since I've gotten here.
"Everyone's gone now. Are you going to tell me what's going on? Or do I need to guess some more?" I put my hands on my hips and wait for him to answer. He balls his fits up by his sides and stands up tall before he starts talking to me.
"Where were you?"
"Excuse me? Are you kidding me, you're upset because I left. Did you truly think I was going to stay around after all that shit went down with your parents?"
I fling my hand trying to dismiss him, but Percy will not be dismissed tonight.
"I said where the fuck were you!" He screams so loud I jump in fright. He's never raised his voice to me like this.
"Don't talk to me like that. What's wrong with you?" I ask, but even I can hear the way my voice trembles.
"You want to know what's wrong with me. I'll tell you what's wrong. I just spent the past four hours searching the whole fucking city for you. I called fucking hospitals and the police. I called your parents. I called Carrie. You left in the middle of the fucking night with no wallet and no way to contact anyone. You're in a fucking gown and we'd just been involved in a huge blow up with my folks. Do you understand how fucking out of my mind with worry I've been? Do you? Every fucked up thing that could happen to you happened a million times over in my head. Then when I take shit into my own hands and activate a small fucking militia to try and find you, you walk back inside like nothing ever happened. Now I'm going to ask you again, where the fuck were you?" His words cut me deep. I want to leave and not turn back, but then the other part of me wants to run to him and tell him I'm so fucking sorry. I didn't realize he'd be so upset about not knowing where I was. I've spent my adult life just doing what I wanted to do. The only person I really have to answer to is Carrie and most of the time she's with me any way.
I push my shoulders back and look him in the eyes. "I was with your brother." I say making sure to look like I'm not scared.
"Excuse the fuck out of me! You were what?" He yells again and I jump back.
So much for not looking scared, "Percy, stop. I saw him outside getting in a cab and I went with him. I went back to his house and he said that he was a little lonely so I went up with him. I've been with him this whole time." I say quickly trying to get all the words out of my mouth.
The more I talk the wider his eyes become and the redder his cheeks get.
"You went to my brother's house at almost eleven at night and you stayed with him, because he was lonely till three? "
"Yes." My eyebrows scrunch up when I notice he doesn't seem to be getting less angry.
"You went after my own brother?" His voice is low and I shake my head in confusion. What the hell is wrong now?
"What's the problem now? You know where I was, but you're still mad?"
"You just told me you've been with my brother and I'm not supposed to be mad?”
