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I gave up and glared at him.
He ignored The Glare.
“See, even with bullets flyin’, I’ve had the chance to get to know you. Call me crazy but I’d like to do it better.”
My glare deepened.
He continued to ignore it.
“That said, bulletsareflyin’. One nearly blew your pretty face off last night, so, I gotta tell you, I’d like it a fuck of a lot more if you saw your next birthday. The way I see it, that gives you two choices. First choice, you cool it with this ‘get control of my life’ business and let me keep you safe, which means you do what I say and you don’t go out on the town with your gang in high heels. Second choice, you go your own way. You do that, I have Lee pick you up and put you in his safe room until I sort this shit out. If that means we’re over, I’m willin’ to take that chance, knowin’ after it’s done you’ll be somewhere alive and breathing even if you’re doin’ it in someone else’s bed.”
I gasped through The Glare and said, “Eddie—”
“No ‘Eddie.’ You choose, right now, door number one or door number two, no discussion.”
Really.
I didnotthink so. He wasnotgoing to lie there and give me an ultimatum.
I pushed him off, sat up, taking the sheet with me and turned to him, but he sat up too so I lost my leverage.
So be it, I was used to no leverage.
“There’s always room for discussion,” I told him.
“Not this time,” he returned.
I narrowed my eyes at him and then said something immensely stupid. Donotask me why, I just did. Maybe it was my newfound attitude. I didn’t have it under control just yet. It leaked out willy-nilly attheworst possible times.
In my defense, Eddiewasbeing kind of bossy.
“Door number three is I do what I want and get Daisy to help me avoid you while I’m doing it. And door number four is turn tail and run, escaping it all by talking Mace into helping me and Mom disappear in Mexico like he said last night.”
Eddie’s eyes were no longer a little glittery. They were full-on glittery.
“I’m sorry?”
Um…maybe it was time to put away the attitude and keep my mouth shut.
“I’d like to hear that part again about Mace helping you disappear,” Eddie told me.
I didn’t actually think he’d like to hear it again so I decided not to say it again.
“Tell me about Mace,” he persisted.
“No,” I said.
“I think I missed something, maybe we should go back over that kiss you shared,” he suggested, and I could feel the negative vibes rolling off him in waves, pounding against me.
“Eddie.”
“For fuck’s sake, Jet!” he exploded and I’d never heard him talk so loudly. I mean, I’d heard him yell but this was aroar. “You wereshotlast night!”
“Believe me, I know!” I yelled back but mine wasn’t as good.
“You are not puttin’ yourself out there and you are not goin’ anywhere near Mace again,” he shouted.
“You can’t tell me what to do!”
