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Penelope looks around to see if he’s listening before she leans in. “Not just once. They fought several times, and those fuckers nearly got me killed.”
“Wait, what? You almost died?”
“Well, sort of. We had this whole fight. Felix, Dylan, and Alistair were involved too. It was quite a mess.”
“Yup,” Jason says, laughing. “I mean, I wasn’t there for most of it, but when I was, it always felt like an all-out war between us and them.”
Is that why they hate me so much? Because Felix is my brother, and I’m related to the Skull & Serpent Society? Or is it just because I caught them in their dirty schemes and this is all just a mad coincidence?
“Don’t tell Felix I told you all this,” Penelope adds casually like it’s nothing.
“Oh no, I would never,” I reply.
“It’d only give him more reasons to kill me too,” Jason muses, putting his hand on my knee.
“So why do you want to know about those Phantom boys in particular?” she asks.
“Oh, no reason. Felix just seemed to really hammer down on me about not even making eye contact.” I laugh.
“Baby, all you ever need to look at is me.” Jason flexes, making me gag.
Penelope laughs. “Don’t worry about any of it. We settled it all. Those boys are not your problem; they’re ours.”
If only she knew.
“Those Phantom boys did community service for their crimes.”
“But why were they fighting with you guys to begin with?”
She rubs her lips together. “They bullied my sister. We lost her.”
“Oh … I’m so sorry.” I take a sip of my drink.
“It was a long time ago,” Penelope responds. “We made sure they paid the price for their bullying.”
No wonder Felix didn’t want me to hang out with them. Now I’m even more conflicted about the fact that I seemed to enjoy the wicked games they play with me.
Someone behind us clears their throat, and we both turn our heads. It’s the head chef. “Dinner’s served.”
We get up and move to the table, where my father is already seated. Felix comes in and sits beside Penelope, pressing a greedy kiss to her cheek before he folds his arms and impatiently starts tapping his foot.
Meanwhile, Jason sits beside me and kisses my cheek to imitate them, but he feels a lot less welcome. I guess I’ll just stomach it and sit through this to get it over with. I know my father has wanted to meet him for some time now.
“Jason, right?” my father says when he lays eyes on him.
Jason leans over the table to shake his hand. “Yes, sir, nice to make your acquaintance.”
Oh Jesus.
I grab my glass of water and take a large sip.
“So … you’re the boy who’s got my daughter’s heart?”
I almost cough up the entire glass. “No.”
My father frowns. “Felix told me you were seeing him.”
“Well, we are sort of dating,” Jason says.
