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“He knew what this would do to me and he did it anyways…”
“Stop it,” I say between clenched teeth. “You don’t know what you’re saying.”
“You are both perfect for each other. Selfish dicks who only think of yourselves…”
“Enough!” I roar, and Joshua’s eyes widen at my outburst. “Shut the fuck up, Josh! God, you are such a prick. Do you know half the things your dad has done for you?” I let loose, my words tumbling out of me. “You don’t fucking know because your bitch of a mom has lied to you all these years. Lied about it all, taken credit for all that Grey’s done. So fuck you. Fuck you for making him feel bad for taking something for himself, for once in his goddamn life. And if you must know, it wasmewho pursued this, who pushed it. Grey was too concerned about his dick of a son to make any moves.”
My chest is heaving when my words finally trail off and silence hangs heavily in the trailer.
“It still doesn’t make it right,” Joshua says, and I shove at him, hating him so fiercely in this moment. Because he didn’t hear a word I said. He’s too focused on the fact that Grey betrayed him. That I did too.
“I’m not giving him up for you,” I say, and Grey moves up next to me. And for a moment I think he’ll stand by my side, that he’ll emphatically say that he won’t give me up either, but instead, he just runs a hand across his head and looks utterly broken.
“It shouldn’t have happened,” Grey says, and I let out a shaky exhale, feeling my entire world knocked sideways.
“No, it fucking shouldn’t have, Dad. God, you disgust me.”
And without thinking, my fist pulls back and plows into Joshua’s cheek with acrack. His head jerks back, his hand flying to his cheek, and I just let my own arm fall to my side, my fist opening and closing, an ache spreading across my chest.
“What the hell?” Grey says, moving toward his son who is just looking at me with confusion. Hurt laces his eyes, but doesn’t he see? He’s cut us both so much deeper by being so uptight about all of this. The entire world doesn’t revolve around him for once and he can’t fucking stand it.
“He deserved it,” I say, my voice cracking because Grey is trying to comfort his son, his focus not on me. Not at all.
“Quinn,” Grey says softly, his voice hurt and strained. “You should go.”
My entire body locks up, and he sighs, his eyes darting between Joshua and me, running a nervous hand across the top of his head again.
“Just outside, for a minute. Let you both cool off.”
But before I can protest, Joshua jerks away, moving toward the door.
“Don’t bother. I’m fucking going. You two have a nice trip. Don’t bother coming to see me off for school. I don’t want you there. Either of you.”
And then Joshua is stumbling out the door, a broken sob leaving his mouth as he rushes toward Hailey waiting in the car. Whatever he’d come back for is forgotten and then it’s just Grey and me standing in the trailer, the air heavy with regret.
I turn to look at him and he sags against the wall.
“We’ll get through this. He’ll forgive us,” I lie, and Grey glances away, not even able to look at me. But I’m not letting him just fucking run from this. I can’t.
“Please don’t shut me out,” I say softly, and Grey swallows, stepping away from me. I can hear Winter whining outside; he knows something is wrong.
Because it is. It’s so fucking wrong.
“I’m gonna go for a walk,” he says, and I feel my soul slowly wither from what this could mean. “I’ll be back later…I just need some space to think.”
And then he’s gone.
Leaving me alone. Leaving me to wait for him to come back to me.
ChapterEighteen
Quinn
Isit outside on the steps, waiting for Grey to return to me, barely moving, my eyes glued to the tree line. Winter is by my side, his chin on my lap. He wonders where Grey went too. He can feel this as palpably as I can, this utter and complete ruination of me.
Grey can’t be gone for long. He can’t just leave me here like this, in this state of misery.
My phone beeps and I fumble with it, reading the message across the screen.
