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Shoutin’, “You think I love you, Gremlin?!”
JACKSON
“You think I love you, Gremlin?!” I called her out, stalking into the shed.
Harley instantly turned when she heard my voice, not backing down.
“How long have you been listenin’ to us?” she replied, locking eyes with me.
“Long enough to hear your fairytale story. So what, baby girl? I’m your Prince Charming now?”
“Don’t call me that.”
I never expected this turn in events when I walked over here to just be alone. I didn’t even want to come today, but Noah made me. This was the last place I wanted to be.
Around so much happiness, so much laughter, so much love…
When my life was none of those things.
I wanted to shut down, to run away, to just stop thinking about tomorrow. It was like a ticking time bomb in my mind.
Tick…
Tick…
Tick…
Boom!
How much time did I have?
With my mom?
My dad?
My family?
My mind?
My memories?
My future?
Seconds, minutes, hours, days, months, years…
My life came down to nothing but time. Grieving the loss of a person who was still alive. Knowing it didn’t end with her.
It had only just started.
Thinking solely of that, I zeroed in on Harley. Eyeing her up and down as I made my way over to her.
Rasping, “What if I do love you, Harley? What then?”
She jerked back, caught off guard by my question. Unexpectedly waiting for my next move. I’d beat her at her own game, I always did. But like anything with Harley, she would never surrender. It was what made fighting with her so amusing and addicting. She always stuck up for herself, no matter what.
Even if I embarrassed her.
Even if I tried to make her cry.
