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See… I knew my friends would like her.
Mary Poppins was standing several feet away, putting some much-needed distance between us.
She must have seen my YouTube video, and I grinned at the thought. My eyes promptly shifted over to Harley, who was looking back and forth between me and the new nanny.
I winked at the Gremlin before making my way over to Mary Poppins with the swagger of a man. If she wanted to go toe-to-toe with me, then I was going in balls deep.
“Hey, baby,” I greeted for all to hear. “You here to dance for me and my friends?”
She didn’t hesitate, not once was she going to back down. “Why don’t you show them the moves you’ve been perfecting with Dance Revolution on your Xbox?”
My eyes immediately widened, and I could feel my face turning a bright shade of red.
Someone was snooping…
“Oh, I’m sorry. Was that a secret? Jackson, if you needed dance lessons, you could’ve just asked me. No need to film me to learn a few moves.”
“Shut up,” I warned under my breath, standing in front of her.
“But, Jackson? What am I going to do with this new dance footage I have for you?” She held up her phone in the air. “I’m only trying to help you find the rhythm you’re obviously lacking based on the level your game is at. Beginners 101—”
I stepped toward her. “I mean it. Shut your mouth, Camila.”
“Oh, so you do know my name?” she replied in a much softer tone. “I couldn’t tell with how many times you called me Mary Poppins in the comments section.”
“What do you want?”
“Take the video down, or I’ll out you to your friends with how many dancing games you really do have.”
“It’s not what you think.”
It wasn’t.
She had no business going through my things.
“Hey, guys—”
“They were my mom’s,” I interrupted, rendering her speechless. “I’ll take it down, alright? Now, leave.”
“Jackson, did you just say they were your mom’s?”
“I said, leave. You don’t know shit.” I wasn’t going to be the one to break the news that the happy little family she saw through the photos on the walls no longer existed.
“I’m just trying to help.”
“Then why don’t you go shake your ass on a pole where you belong, instead of at my house where nobody wants you,” I spoke the truth.
She frowned, unable to form words. Watching me back away with a much different expression on her face than the one she arrived with. Feeling the sense of loss because I’d won this round.
Me: 1
Mary Poppins: 0
Exactly how it was going to continue to stay.
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HARLEY
