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His eyes glazed over. It was quick, but I saw it.
“It’s not my fault your parents didn’t know when to stop having kids.”
My mouth dropped open. “Wow. There is no getting through to you, is there?”
“And yet, here you are, still trying.”
I shook my head disappointed, stepping away from him. “I have nothing left to say to you.”
“Great, cuz I don’t want to hear anymore. Tell Skyler whatever you want, maybe it will make my dad come home for once.”
I cocked my head to the side, the realization slapping me in the face.
Fast and hard.
“This wasn’t about me at all, was it?”
“Get out of my room, Camila.”
“You want me to rat you out, don’t you?”
“I’m not going to say it again.”
“Jackson, acting out isn’t going to bring him hom—”
He got right in my face, seething, “Get out!” My feet stumbled as he backed me out of his room, forcing me into the hallway before slamming the door in my face.
“Jackson!” I banged on his door. “You can’t do this! You can’t just shut me out like this!”
“I just did!” he shouted through the door.
“Come on! Give me a chance! All I’m asking for is a chance!”
To my disbelief, he actually opened up. Getting right in my face again.
“What else do I have to do to—”
“What’s going on here?” Skyler announced, breaking up our argument.
I turned to face her, still feeling Jackson’s heated stare as I shoved the bag of weed in my back pocket.
Still unsure of what to do.
He watched my every move, waiting for the other shoe to drop.
“Yeah, Camila, what’s going on here?” Jackson baited.
Was he testing me?
“I- I- I- I mean … we were just…”
There were so many ways this could go down. I could tell Skyler and then what?
What would that solve?
What would that help?
The more I thought about it, the more I realized Jackson was the All-Star quarterback for his school. Football was his life, and I don’t think he’d risk that for anything.
