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More than that, I need to make sure the fallout isn’t going to endanger the people I love.
Yet if the plan was to break me then they missed the mark.
I’m not broken.
I’m fucking pissed.
But I’m not broken.
Losing Tess would break me for sure.
Not this.
But when I flash back to the stricken expression on Tess’s face before I stormed out of the kitchen earlier, I know I’m not doing nearly enough for her.
I’m not broken. But she might be.
Chapter34
Micah
As I’m rolling into the driveway, some lantern-jawed dude wearing dark sunglasses jumps out of the bushes with his gun out. The guy’s seen one too many movies.
I poke my head through the open car window. “Back the fuck off.”
He relaxes, lowering his piece, but still looks annoyed as he waves me in like I need his damn permission to go home.
I know Gage means well, but after today I’m ordering him to call off his troops. I’m capable of loading and firing a handgun. Between me and Conner, nobody’s getting in here and coming out in one piece. I’d prefer that we take care of security ourselves instead of running into some panicky fool every time I step outside.
The kitchen is empty when I dump the tacos in the fridge. I’m about to go hunt for Tess when I catch a glimpse of Conner. He’s sitting on the edge of the pool, which isn’t weird. But his legs are in the water while his shoes are still on, whichiskind of weird. His broad shoulders droop and he stares moodily at the sun’s reflection in the water as if he’s watching a movie that he doesn’t like.
I open the sliding glass door and step out. “Don’t fall in. I might have a tough time rescuing you.”
Conner lifts his head and the desolation in his eyes punches the air out of my lungs.
“What happened? Where’s Tess?”
“Nothing happened. She’s in your room, I think.” He drops his head and resumes his new hobby of watching the pool water.
Okay, so nothing happened while I was gone but this isn’t normal behavior, even for Conner.
He doesn’t look up when I crouch beside him on the concrete deck, opting to keep my feet out of the water.
“Hey.” I elbow his arm. “What’s up?”
He sighs and shakes his head. His jeans are soaked almost to the knee.
“If I agree to ruin my shoes too, will you tell me?”
Connor looks down and frowns as if he didn’t realize what he’d been doing. He scoots backwards until his legs are on dry land.
I think I might have missed a step here. Conner wasn’t quite the same after his mother shot him and then took a swan dive off a downtown high rise. Something is eating at him right now and it’s bad.
“Talk to me, Con. What’s going on with you?”
He inhales loudly, exhales deeply, says nothing.
“Look, I’m sorry if it’s been a bit much to have us living here in the middle of all this drama. We’ll be looking for another place soon and-”
