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“Not that I have to explain myself to you, but no.”
“Then why are you not taking me out?”
“Because I realized I don’t want to.”
I also don’t want to have this conversation, so why are you still here?
“Does that mean you no longer want to fuck?”
“I never wanted to,” I growl.
“Could have fooled me.”
She stares at my dick, but it’s no longer hard. And it was never hard for her, but I don’t tell her that. That would require admitting aloud that Payton Hart gets me hard.
I turn to face Mia more squarely. I’m too tired for this shit.
“Just get out,” I say, tired. “I’m not in the mood.”
I never was.
“Never call me again,” she fires back as she swings open the door.
“Trust me, I won’t.”
And, for the record, Mia called me first. I accidentally answered, caught sight of Payton, and succumbed to my need for a distraction. Sue me.
Mia storms from the car, and before the door is even fully closed, I’m pulling away down the street.
I’m not sure where to go.
Who to speak to.
A drink is what is necessary at times like this, but I can’t bring myself to go alone.
Instead, I find my car driving uptown.
Heading in the direction of my mother, believe it or not.
Heading to Cresthill.
The reason I bought the building and transformed it into a luxury retirement home in the city was for my mother.
I didn’t tell Payton my mother lives there.
But Mom needed something to do.
Yes, she has gardening that brings her joy, but she needed a purpose.
So, I gave her one.
It doesn’t take me long to arrive.
I go in through the back entrance, then look for her. She lives here, too, but at this time of the day, she’s working.
Either helping someone learn how to plant in the garden we built in the rotunda for her or just talking to someone. Obviously, I didn’t get my inability to give a fuck from her.
Although everyone is here by choice, sometimes the tenants’ families don’t come often. Mom knows a thing or two about being alone. When she found out I was building Cresthill, she volunteered to live here and help manage it with Margret and keep the residents company.
