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“Don’t let them in. They’ll go away.”
He frowned a beat, then gave me a once over. “Are you all right?”
Was I? “I don’t know,” I admitted. “I will be.” I held up my phone. “I gotta make a call—everything else good?”
“It is,” he said, his expression still worried. “If the young man doesn’t leave the gate, I’ll put a call in to the police.”
I gave him a thumbs up. The house was quiet as I crept inside and up the stairs to my wing, then to my suite.
Once I was inside, I sent Dix a message about the car before I collapsed on the bed and stared at the ceiling. My lips were still tingling from the kiss. Tingling that I could feel everywhere.
I thought all I’d wanted was to be rid of them, so why the hell had I missed having that with him? And why did I crave more now?
Dammit.
And damn him.
Five
JONAS
Everything was packed for school. The new uniforms would be there when I arrived. I kept everything to two trunks. While I was more than capable of flying by myself, Ramsey had booked the same flight with me. Not Lachlan, though. Then again, we’d barely seen him over the summer.
We needed to head to Reno airport soon. We had a layover in Dallas on the way back to Connecticut. I did one last search of the news sites. KC had been in a car accident, or at least, that was what the news reported. It wasn’t bad and there were no injuries, but the car had definitely been smashed.
I still couldn’t believe paparazzi had been chasing her, even as there had been steady news clips hitting the gossip sites about her out partying. Weirdly, the stories held a similar theme, always highlighting a club she visitedafter. Yet there were no photographs, just “confidential” sources.
The car accident worried me more than anything. Just three lines mentioning it, and the Kissy Kat news blast gave it a paragraph, except it was all speculation. There wasn’t even an accident report.
Pulling out my phone, I texted Mom. She didn’t like to be bothered when they were in the studio. Gibs didn’t need the distractions, but he might not know about the accident.
Someone should tell him, right?
Me
Just checking in before we leave for school, there was a news report about KC being in a car accident in L.A. Thought Gibs might need to know, but I didn’t want to harsh the vibe if he’s in the zone.
I stared at the message for a long moment then tacked on aLove you. It was early, they probably weren’t up yet.
“Jonas,” Ramsey called from downstairs. “Car is here.”
I shoved my phone in my pocket and grabbed the bags with my books, music, and personal items. The trunks were already downstairs.
The car was quiet, our driver didn’t say much, and Ramsey left me alone, though he was on his phone. At the airport, we were checked in and through security in no time.
“So,” Ramsey said when we got to the gate. “Is this how it’s going to be? You saying nothing to me at all? Or only answering in single syllables?”
I glanced at him as I popped open the bottle of soda I’d purchased. “Yes.” Then I took a drink before digging a book out of my bag. I’d almost finished it. I could feel Ramsey staring at me from time to time, but he didn’t say anything as we waited for them to call boarding.
Sometimes I wondered why he stayed at Blue Ivy. He could have gone to a dozen different universities. He’d nearly graduated at fifteen. He’d been three credit hours shy of completion, but instead of doing it over the summer, he’d just gone back to school with us the following year.
The year after, he enrolled in Blue Ivy’s college program. I was pretty sure he planned to teach at Blue Ivy eventually. He was definitely in no hurry to leave the school. I could ask.
But I didn’t care.
One more year, and I was out.
Maybe I’d head down to Los Angeles and work on selling my music. Whatever I did, I wasn’t doing it with my so-called brothers. I’d barely gone ten pages when they called for us to board.
