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“Okay.”
“Is there anything you think he should know?”
A million thoughts ran through my head. Pop shoving me into the wall, his screaming outbursts, raising his arm to hit me, him screaming at Nana while he towered over her, the way he’d thrown his keys at the wall, the fire in his eyes when he was pissed, tears falling down Bird’s cheeks as he stood helpless in my room.
“I can’t think of anything,” I said finally, barely meeting her eyes.
“Alright, baby,” she said, nodding. “Well, I’m here if you do.”
“Okay.”
“Nova, you in here?” Will called from the doorway between the garage and the clubhouse.
“Right here,” I called back, standing up.
“Door’s fixed,” he said, walking toward me with something pinched between his thumb and forefinger.
“Already?”
He stopped in front of me and dropped a small piece of wood in my hand.
“That was jammed in between the latch and the door.”
I looked at the piece of wood that was chewed up and mangled but might’ve been a piece of a branch at some point.
“Any idea how it got there?”
I looked at him in confusion. “No clue.”
“Well, that’s all it was. Door’s latching just fine now.”
“Seriously?”
“Seriously,” he said with a chuckle. “Now don’t you wish you would’ve come in sooner, before you almost fell out of your damn car on the road?”
“Kinda, yeah,” I muttered. I reached for my wallet in my hoodie pocket. “How much do I—”
Brenna laughed, and Will scowled.
“Put that shit away,” he said in disgust. “You don’t pay.”
“But—”
“What, are you new here?”
“I could tip you?” I asked hopefully, making him laugh.
“Get the fuck out of here, kid,” he said, shoving me playfully. I stumbled to the side.
“Geez,Moose,” I muttered.
“Stupidest fuckin’ nickname,” Will muttered, shaking his head. He reached out and ruffled my hair. “Stop drivin’ in the woods or whatever the fuck you did to get that branch in your door.”
He walked away while I looked at the stick in my hand.
“Wouldn’t my door have to be open for this to get in there?” I called out.
“I honestly don’t know how the fuck you did it,” he called back as he disappeared through the door.
