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“Maybe,” I said with a smile.
“But I don’t understand. Yesterday you told me you thought you killed somebody.”
Remembering how it felt waiting in the hospital for Cali wiped the smile from my face.
“Yeah. That happened too.”
“How did you almost kill someone?” Dillon asked delicately.
“I should have gotten rid of my family’s car as soon as I passed the first car rental place.”
“By the way, Hil, when did get your driver’s license?”
Dillon knew the answer to that question. I hadn’t. Not only did we both grow up in New York City, but I had a driver to take me anywhere I needed to go. When we arrived, my driver turned into my bodyguard. That had been no way to grow up.
Although, to be fair, it took less than two weeks of being on my own for someone to run my car off the road. Was I making a horrible mistake not having protection? Was I signing my own death certificate by running from the people who were paid to keep me safe?
I didn’t want to think about that, right now. I had gotten out and I wanted to make the best of it. I needed to figure out how to have a life.
Remy had one, and as my father’s first born, he was in a lot more danger than I was. Yet, my father didn’t require him to have a bodyguard. He could do whatever he wanted. It was only me who he thought couldn’t take care of myself. I had to prove him wrong. I had to show him that I could make it on my own.
“Has Remy asked about me again?”
“Since the last time I spoke to you?”
“Remy can be persistent.”
Dillon laughed. “I wish. I don’t know if you know this, but your brother is hot. He could slide into my DM’s anytime and have whatever he wants.”
“And that’s why I can’t tell you where I am,” I said disappointed. “Also, ew.”
Dillon didn’t respond.
I had always been insecure when it came to Remy. He and I were nothing alike. Not only did he get all the height, he also got all the muscles and tattoos. I was just his soft, little brother that needed someone to do everything for him. I hated it. I would do anything for that not to be true.
“I’m gonna go,” I told Dillon, losing my enthusiasm for the call.
“Go and do what?” he asked, prying me for more.
“To be honest, I don’t know. I’m pretty much stuck here for now. Maybe have breakfast. I’ll figure things out from there.”
“I want you to call me every day to let me know you’re okay. If you don’t want me to tell Remy that I heard from you, you’re gonna have to give me that.”
“I’ll call you,” I told him, hiding how much it meant to me that he cared.
“And you know you’re gonna have to give me more details about the football player, right?”
I smiled.
“As soon as I have something to share, believe me, you’ll be the first person I tell.”
“Stay safe,” he said with enough sincerity to tell me how worried he actually was for me.
“I promise,” I said, ending the call and looking around.
What was I going to do today? The previous few days I had driven around to the hiking spots Dr. Sonya had told me about. I didn’t actually go on the hikes. That would have been crazy. But the views from the trailheads were beautiful.
That, however, was back when I had a car. I was going to have to do something about that. But what? The only money I had were the few hundred dollars I had in my wallet. That wasn’t going to get me very far.
