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“Yeah.Oh.”
“I’m going to fix this.” I’m not sure how yet, but I will find a way.
“So you say.” Sheets rustle on her side of the call.
“I’m working on it.”
“Iris and I talked.”
I swallow hard. “And?”
“You and I both know there is no other option regarding your grandfather’s will. And as much as I love that house, there is no way I’ll let you screw over everyone to keep it.”
My chest tightens. “Lana—”
“I need to go to sleep. Tomorrow is going to be a long day with back-to-school night.”
“You’re starting back up already?”
“Yup. And Cami starts at her new school next Monday.”
“Can I go with you?” The question rushes out of me.
“To take her to school?”
My racing pulse isn’t doing me any favors. “Yeah.”
“I don’t think that’s a good idea.”
“Why not?”
“Because I don’t want you hanging around her.”
My chest feels like she cracked it in half with a crowbar. “Okay. I understand.”
“I don’t want to hurt you—”
I stop her. “I know.”
“It’s just that—”
I don’t let her finish. “You don’t trust me.”
“No, I don’t.”
“Then I won’t stop until I give you every reason to.” This time, I’m the one to hang up the phone. Prolonging that kind of conversation won’t help either one of us, and I’d much rather spend my time finding ways to prove her wrong.
Instead of going to sleep like I had planned, I pull out my laptop and get to researching different ways to buy a house.
Turns out Leo wasn’t just spouting shit after all.
Hewasright. There are multiple ways to buy a house—both legal and illegal.
I trust you’ll find a way to sort all this out.
Leo wasn’t trying to fill me with false confidence, but rather offer me a clue. It turns out my grandfather wasn’t the only tricky bastard.
Leo is too.
