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“Turn your car around right now, Squirt.”
Greer sighed. “Hello to you too, big brother. How are you today? Is the weather nice in Montana? I’m guessing not based on your grouchy mood.”
“Greer,” Aidan growled. “Don’t start with me.”
She felt safe rolling her eyes, considering he was over a thousand miles away and couldn’t see her.
“I’m not turning around, Aidan,” she said calmly.
There had to be one sane person in their family.
And apparently, it was her.
“You are. You’ll do it right now, Squirt, or I swear I’ll take you over my knee like I did when I caught you smoking pot.”
Jesus. He was out of control.
“That was sixteen years ago! I was thirteen years old. You shouldn’t have been spanking me then, and you won’t be spanking me now!”
He seemed to think that just because he was five years older than she was that he got to boss her around.
It hadn’t been the case back then, and it wasn’t the case now.
“Oh, I’d think again, little sister. Turn your car around and go back home.”
Ouch. That hurt.
He doesn’t want you.
You’re just a nuisance.
All you ever bring is bad luck.
She bit her lip. She hated it when the voices got into her head—like needles slicing into her. She struggled to push them away.
Damn it. Why wasn’t she doing better than this?
Pulling off the road, she took a deep breath.
“Greer? What happened? Are you all right?” Aidan asked sharply.
Get it together.
“Do you not want to see me?” she whispered.
Shit. She hadn’t meant to say that. And she was aware of how vulnerable she sounded. Why couldn’t she be tough like Aidan? Instead, she was so stupidly sensitive.
She wasn’t like this . . . before.
Don’t think about that. You’re putting it behind you.
Think about the future.
You can do this.
“Sweetheart, no!” he said quickly. “Of course I want to see you. You know that’s not what I meant. I’m just trying to protect you.”
