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I have never, ever met a more infuriating person. I’m so close to punching him in the face right now that it isn’t even funny.
I push him away from the lawn mower, and he stumbles back, and I turn it off.
“Go home,” I yell.
“What do you expect me to do? Your grass is ruining the entire streetscape. We are all sick of it,” he spits through gritted teeth.
Something inside my brain snaps, and I want to lash out and hurt him. “You’re a fucking controlling neat freak, and I will not stand for it.”
His eyes bulge from their sockets. “What did you say?” he sneers.
“You heard me. Go the fuck home.” I turn and march back to my house, and I realize my back door is locked. Damn it, my keys are still in my car around the front.
Ugh!
I storm around the front with him hot on my heels. “You did not just say that to me,” he yells. “I am not a neat freak.”
“Yes, I did, and yes, you are.” I open my car and grab my keys. “Go away, Henley. You are a fucking nightmare.” I slam the car door shut and march to the front door.
“Don’t you fucking dare call me names.” He follows me inside.
“I’ll call you whatever I want.”
He slams the door shut behind him. “Listen to me. You keep your fucking lawn in order or move the fuck out,” he fumes. “I will not live next to a derelict house.”
“What?” I explode. “My grass wasn’t even long.”
“Yes, it was.” His eyes are bulging, and the veins are sticking out of his forehead. “You owe me a thank-you.”
“For what?” I explode. “For chopping up my fucking plants?”
“They were weeds.”
“You’re a fucking weed. Go home!”
“Suits me fine.” He turns toward the door. “You’re an ungrateful wench.”
“Henley,” I call.
He turns back to face me. “You’re a self-centered fucking asshole, do you know that?”
He narrows his eyes and steps toward me. “Do not blame me for your delusional little love affair.”
“What the hell does that mean?” I explode. Adrenaline is surging through my body. My heart is hammering in my chest.
He screws up his face and in a whiny-little-girl voice says, “I love you, Henley.” He glares at me, contempt dripping from his every pore. “You had to go and ruin everything, didn’t you?”
I stare at him, shocked.
“Wow . . .”
His eyes hold mine, and he lifts his chin to the sky in defiance, as if goading me into a fight.
The stupid tears well in my eyes again. Stop it.
“At least one of us loves you,” I whisper. “Because you sure don’t.”
His jaw clenches.
