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“That means you will be reliant on your own space more and more. Can you tell me, honestly, that you trust that boy?”
“No,” I said with a slow shake of my head. “I have no reason to trust him. Except…” When his expression shifted, I raised my brows. I gave him his turn, so now it was mine. He exhaled sharply then motioned for me to continue. I wished it was more fun to exasperate him. “He didn’t have to offer me that room.”
As rough as my voice still was, it cracked on that sentence. I wasn’t sure if that was the physical damage or the emotional questions I had.
“We’re not friends. He’s not pretending to be one either.” That much was clear. He didnotlike Payton. So maybe it was just as simple as the enemy of my enemy… “He helped me last year… more than once.”
“How?” At Dix’s question, I shook my head.
“It doesn’t matter.” I covered my mouth with my fist as a cough escaped.
“That’s enough talking,” he cautioned. “Aubrey asked me to call Doctor Don. He’ll be up here at the end of the week. I told him you didn’t want to go into the city, but if this got worse, youwould.”
Translation, he would make sure I would go. Hence why he was staying…
“I’ll be thirty minutes away,” he pressed on. “Tops. Your new phone will be here tomorrow. I expedited it. If you need any help with the setup, let me know. Otherwise, I’ll be back to get you to see Doctor Don, and we’ll get all of this straightened out. Don’t be surprised if the lawyers reach out to you, too…”
I frowned. “Why?”
“Because you got badly hurt on school property…that’s a million dollar plus voice, sweetheart, and there is gonna be hell to pay for that.”
Right. I didn’t think about that. I’d call the lawyers since I didn’t think we should be going after the school. It was a fire. Not negligence. Yes, I’d heard the rumors about arson too, but that didn’t make it the school’s fault.
“Now, take that gorgeous ass inside.” He pushed off the car, then held out an arm. I returned the hug and sighed as he pressed a kiss to the top of my head. “Call me for anything. Think smart and be safe, okay?”
“I promise.” I raised a hand before I headed up the steps. It shouldn’t have surprised me to find Captain Douchebag waiting just inside. Nor that his position gave him a perfect view out the side windows to where I’d been saying good night to Dix.
Great. RA and stalker. What other skills was he hiding?
“It’s after curfew,” Ramsey said. His voice was a little scratchy, but it had nothing on mine. I glanced at the wall clock and then back at him.
Curfew kicked in at ten.
It was five after.
I’d been back on campus and right at the building, just not inside.
Right.
“Not reporting you,” he continued, seemingly not interested in glancing at the same clock. “Everyone has some adjustments to make, but rules are there for a reason.”
I stared into the eyes of the guy who saved me. The same guy who’d actually gone out of his way the previous year. The teacher’s assistant I’d nursed a crush on and tried to thank for all his help…
Yeah, the same guy who ripped into me about being a selfish bitch, all the while hiding the fact he was my stepbrother. No, I had little to say to him, and I didn’t want to talk to him. So, I gave him a thumbs-up before I headed for the stairs.
“KC…”
Pausing, I didn’t glance back so much as turn my head enough that he could tell I was listening. What was he going to tell me? My hair was against the school dress code? I was out of uniform? Oh, I knew.
Don’t lead on my baby brother…
“My brother has his own issues…”
He doesn’t need mine.
“I’d appreciate it if you would—” He exhaled and I waited. “Just…use caution.”
Glancing over my shoulder, I raised my brows. Caution? For him? Or for me?
