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“I know, and there is a reason I didn’t want to talk about it.”
“They don’t talk to you from what I heard.”
I felt warmth bubble to the surface at the mere mention of them, now I was positively steaming.
“Why did you have to go to Mara for that? I’m right here.”
Gen was surprised by my reaction. Then again my family had a funny way of making me react to even the smallest things.
“I…honestly, I don’t know. Maybe I don’t trust you but it also feels like maybe you don’t trust me either.”
I downed the rest of my wine and I stood up. “Then what are we doing?”
Gen didn’t speak, instead she looked down at her wine glass, twisting the bottom of it around and around on the table. My chest felt like it was constricting, making it hard to breathe. I grabbed my bag and headed for the door. Before I left, I turned around to see Gen was standing up, her face a mix of panic and sadness but she didn’t say anything.
“Nice to know where I stand.”
I moved out of the apartment, slamming her door and heading for the lift. Gen didn’t come after me. As I got in, and silently stewed, I hoped like hell I could see her running down the staircase to stop me. You know, like in all those romance movies, but this wasn’t a romance movie. This was reality.
Truth was, since the island, things had gotten serious, or even hard. Reality had hit us both hard.
As I hailed a taxi, I gave them directions to my apartment and I sat in the back, while he spoke in his native tongue on the phone. I was glad he wasn’t one of the chatty ones you get every now and then. I needed silence. I needed to think.
I needed to go home and forget about Genevieve Swinson.
Tears began to well in my eyes as I realized how much I truly liked her. How much I wanted her to be in my life. She’d changed me. Since coming home from the island, I wasn’t the same woman.
I knew that, and she knew that.
I no longer cared what people thought about me which had been evident when I’d blasted Eva, giving away my secrets. I’d kept that I was a Penn from everyone I knew.
And that was the exact reason why I wasn’t relaxing in front of the TV with Gen right now. My goddamn family name.
The taxi pulled up outside my apartment complex and I handed him my card. Quickly, he handed it back and told me not to worry. I thanked him and got out, heading up to my apartment. Once I got inside, I locked the door and sat down on my sofa.
My cheeks were damp and my eyes blurry from the tears but I hadn’t sobbed once. My phone dinged and I got it out of my bag to check who could possibly want to message me right now.
It was Gen.
Quickly swiping it, I looked down at the text.
G
I’m sorry. You are absolutely right. I shouldn’t have gone to Mara to ask. I was just…upset I didn’t know something about you. Something that is pretty fucking major. I don’t know what to say. I just…fuck…I’m sorry, okay?
I clicked on the field to enter my response and I started to type, then I deleted it. Nothing I was going to say would come across as what I needed to say. I sat there, my finger hovering over the letters of my keyboard but with nothing to say.
Another message came through.
G
Jesus Christ, Matilda. I can see the little three dots coming and disappearing every two seconds. Just respond, you’re killing me here.
I chuckled at her impatience. I would be the same. It was probably the worst feature of having an iPhone. The little three dots made you anxious for the reply to come.
M
You need to work on your patience, woman. I am sorry for not telling you but it’s honestly not something I tell anyone. I’ll tell you all about them if you want. I don’t care.
