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Me: You’ll thank me when you’re thirty.
If I kept on repeating thirty, it’d act like subliminal programming, right?
Me: I’m sure Shay likes you very much. I’m glad you like him too. He’s a good kid.
Me: So, where were you going with this conversation?
Not that I wanted to talk about cats, but cats were better than boys.
Fuck my life, when had this become a problem I had to handle?
Katina: Amara brought in these kittens. They’re so little, Conor, and they’re like me.
Me: How?
Katina: Their mom left them. But I want to be their Star!
Hearing the elevator buzzer sound, I slapped a hand over my face.
How in the hell was I supposed to say no to that?
Me: Leave it with me. I’ll talk to Star.
Katina: Yaaaaayyyyyyy! Thank you, Conor!!!!
Me: You’re welcome. But don’t get your hopes up. I can’t imagine this is the first time you’ve asked Star for a pet and I’m pretty sure she’s always said no.
Katina: Of course! She wasn’t happy then. She is now. Though I did hear you make her cry. I don’t like it when Star cries, Conor. Please don’t do that again.
Katina: I’m going to play with the kitties! Bye, Conor!!
I stared blindly at the screen.
Had she…? Like Jake?
Jesus.
Explaining Star’s tears to a toddler while Finn had snickered at me was a real low point in my life. Justifying it to a preteen wasn’t something I needed to deal with in the future.
I needed locks.
And soundproofing.
Stat.
As I dropped maintenance an email, I heard Star call out, “You in your office?”
I peered at her through my fingers as she ducked her head around the door to scope out the room.
“Oh, you are!” Her brow furrowed. “What is it? What’s wrong—” Her mouth gaped. “Are those glasses?”
Moving my hand aside, I let the frames fall onto my face from where they’d been digging into my forehead. “They are.”
“Since when do you wear glasses?”
“When my eyes are tired.” I shot her a serious look. “By this point, I’m thinking the whole house heard us because Kat, like my nephew, thinks I made you cry.”
Star blinked. “You kind of did. In a good way.”
