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God, why did I have to bring him to my dad’s house again?
Oh right, my dad wanted to meet him, thanks to Felix blurting out I was half-assed dating him or something.
Felix busts into the room and watches with keen eyes how Jason throws his arm around my shoulders. “Dad says the cooks will have dinner ready at six.”
God, this fucking dinner at my dad’s house could not come at a worse time.
Suddenly, Penelope sits between us. “Hi.”
“Hey,” I reply, shifting in my seat.
I’m happy she jumped between us, though. I really do not want his sweaty armpits all over me.
“Are you okay? You seem a bit off.”
“Yeah, I’m fine.” I tuck my hair behind my ear. “Just been a bit … occupied lately.”
“Spine Ridge does that, yeah,” she jokes. “Though, I have to admit, it’s mostly the boys that cause it.”
“Yeah, that sounds about right,” I reply, glaring at Jason.
She gives me a weird look. “What? I’m just here for the food.”
“I don’t mean him,” I say.
“Oh …” Her brow rises with piqued interest. “Well, tell me more.”
I’m not about to tell my brother’s girlfriend what I’ve been up to lately.
But maybe she knows something I can use against them. It’s worth a try.
“Ah, never mind, it’s nothing,” I say, adjusting my long, glittery purple dress. “I just want to know why Felix would make that list, you know? I don’t enjoy him trying to decide who I hang out with.”
She frowns. “What list?”
How does she not know?
I pull my phone from my pocket and show her a picture I took of the list. “He told me never to talk to any of these people. Why?”
“Wow, interesting,” Jason says, but I ignore him.
Penelope scoots uncomfortably in her seat. “Ahh … those Phantom boys are just … not a good crowd.”
“You say that like the Skull & Serpent Society is any better.”
She snorts. “Well, I guess you’re right there.”
“I just want to know if there’s a reason.”
“Oh, the Skull & Serpents and the Phantoms have never seen eye to eye from what I’ve been told. Even back in the day, when your dad was in there, there were always feuds between the different frat houses.”
“Interesting,” I reply. My father never told me about that.
In fact, I know shockingly little about his time before he met …her.
I shiver at the thought of the woman who birthed me.
“Anyway, is that why Felix and all his friends fought with them?”
