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I straighten.
“I’m spending a fortune on that damn school so you can keep an eye on Miles. Now that you’ve decided to drop him, I see no reason to keep paying for your tuition. It’s not like you have any reason to stay there.”
“But—”
“Be on the first flight out.”
“And if I don’t?”
“I will inform the principal and you’ll be kicked out immediately.”
Panic swallows me whole. “Wait, Dad… just listen—”
The dial tone blasts in my ear.
He hung up.
20
HAWK
I fall into the sofa and slam my sneakers against the edge of the coffee table. Fitz and Barclay seem uncomfortable as they stand across the room, trying to look casual behind the bar.
“What’s the emergency?” I bark.
“In a minute,” Barclay says, his eyes darting over everything in the playroom but me.
“I have things to do today.”
“So do we.” Fitz arches an eyebrow. “But this is important.”
I scowl at him.
He returns it with a calm look.
My fingers tap the sides of my legs.
The clock ticks loudly.
I check my phone.
I’ve got tons of messages.
A few girls I need to block.
My motorcycle group.
The new business I started.
One from Doc.
But none from Shanel.
Still.
After all the texts I sent her.
This woman is uncharted territory. Everything that’s worked on girls in the past doesn’t fly with her. She demands more from me.
