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I jump to my feet. “What if something happens to you? What if he’s a serial killer or some shit? I’ll need to know who you were with, so I can kill him.”
“I doubt he’s going to murder me,” she deadpans.
“You never know.” My voice turns serious, and I beat her to her doorway, blocking her from moving into the hallway. “When you get in the car, take a picture of his driver’s license and send it to me.”
She holds her palm up. “Uh, no. That’s not weird or anything.”
“It’s normal. My sister did it in college with her friends. The dude will know there’s evidence you were with him, and I’ll have the info to hunt him down and chop off his balls if he lays a hand on you.”
“I don’t badger you about your dates.”
“A.) I don’t date. B.) I wouldn’t give a shit telling you who I was going out with.”
She crosses her arms. “Move it, Rex. I need to go.”
I scoot to the side, and she walks past me. I stay on her heels as we move down the hallway, down the stairwell, and out to the parking lot.
“Whoa, dude isn’t even picking you up?” I say when she tugs her car key from her purse. “He already sucks.”
“Oh my God,” she groans, throwing her head back. “Go away.”
Rushing in front of her, I turn around and walk backward while still talking. “Look, text the guy, tell him you realized I’d give you a better time than he could, and let’s do something. Your choice. Anything you want.” I sound close to begging.
“No, Rex,” she says sternly. “Go party, like you have all the times you’ve ditched me lately.”
I wince. “The fuck? I’ve never ditched you. On thefew timesI’ve gone to parties, I’ve always told you that’s what I was doing. I’ve never made plans with you and then bailed on them.”
“And I didn’t make plans with you tonight, so I’m not ditching.” She looks down at her phone when it beeps with a text. “I have to go.”
I move to her side, keeping at her pace, my words quickly falling from my mouth—almost in desperation. I have a bad feeling about this. “Pizza sure sounds fucking killer right now, don’t you think?”
She doesn’t reply.
“He’s not even picking you up.” I snort. “Some stand-up dude.”
She turns around, her face softening. “Rex, I’ll be back later, okay? Don’t worry about me. I’ll be fine.”
I swallow.
There’s no changing her mind.
Just as the night we had sex, I know determined Carolina.
This is determined Carolina.
Fuck!
She gets into her car, and I knock on the window.
As soon as she rolls it down, I poke my head through. “Text me when you get home.”
She nods. “I will.”
“Or I’ll—”
“I know,” she interrupts. “Or you’ll be knocking on my door.”
I turn my head to kiss her on the cheek. “Have fun tonight, I guess.”
