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She shakes her head. “This isn’t happening.”
“Yep, it is.” I take a step closer.
She’s got nowhere to go, and she knows it. “Did you also clear my college debts and credit cards?”
I take a sharp intake of breath.
“You did, didn’t you?” she breathes.
“Is that such a bad thing? I have the money.”
“That isn’t the point!”
“You seem mad. I was only trying to help.”
“By keeping tabs on me with your key?”
“Don’t be dramatic.” I roll my eyes.
“I don’t want you here,” she whispers, tears in her eyes.
“I thought I could do it, Lu. I thought I could just have a mindless fuck, like I’ve done every other time that it’s not you, but I couldn’t.” The words are hard for me to say. I’m not fuckin’ verbose, but she has to know. If it’s the last thing I ever do, I want her to know the truth.
“Why?” she garbles.
I run a hand through my hair. “I don’t know why.”
I can’t tell her everything. I’m not made that way. I show how I care by buying shit and keeping people safe. I don’t do feelings and sentimental crap. Even if I do feel like shit right now that I made her cry and upset her.
Her eyes are red from crying, and it’s telling that she’s home alone, eating ice cream, instead of out, doing whatever the fuck she wants with some random guy.
She’s not a piece of shit like I am.
She’s always been better than me, and I’ve always known it. But right now, it’s never been more apparent.
“Do you want me, Tag?” She frowns as she says it, like she can’t believe the words came out of her mouth.
I swallow hard. It feels like I’ve swallowed fuckin’ nails.
“I shouldn’t,” I say. “I should tell you that this is a bad idea and that I should never have let myself in.”
“But you did.”
“I know you think I’m an asshole, but I want what’s best for you, Lu. I always have.”
Her eyes blaze. “Well, you know what, Tag? You have a funny way of showing it!”
“Tag?” I snort. “I thought I wasThomas.”
“Shut up.”
I chuckle.
“This isn’t funny,” she goes on. “None of this is fucking funny.”
I stare at her. She’s never been more beautiful. I shouldn’t be thinking that, but tonight we’re laying it all out on the table.
“You didn’t come home with anyone,” I observe.
