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“You already know what you’re going to do, Junior. Question is, are you going to do it alone?”
My phone goes off in my pocket. The notification tone cuts loudly through the silence and I curse under my breath. My cover now blown, I pass their doorway, hoping I can reach my room before someone catches up with me.
“Hey, buddy.”
Not fast enough.
“Hey,” I say, plowing forward, ignoring him.
“Everything all right?”
“Yeah.”
“You okay? Something happen?”
“No.”
I close the door behind me. Dana may have talked me off that ledge, but that doesn’t mean I want to talk to him.
I check my phone. There’s a new text message.
It’s from Dana.
A quiet knock at my door.
Frustrated, I spin around. “Dad, I said I—” Opening the door, I pause and pull back to let her in. “Oh. Sorry, Mom.”
She raises a brow, but doesn’t seem at all angry about it as she steps into the room, her baggy sleepwear hanging off her body. “Are you having a good night?” she asks, her voice playful.
“Yeah,” I say, lingering by my desk. “Just great.”
She plants her back against my closed door. “How’s Dana?” she asks.
I nearly flinch. “Dana?”
“That wasn’t her brand new blue sedan dropping you off?”
I shouldn’t be surprised. Alyssa Morgan notices everything. “Yeah,” I say, clearing my throat. “She saw me walking. Offered to drop me off.”
Mom nods, buying that answer. I hope. “Are you okay?” she asks.
“I’m fine.”
“Connor.” Her head tilts. “What’s on your mind?”
I sit down on my desk chair with my arms tightly crossed. “You wouldn’t get it.”
“You forget, I was also raised by a man obsessed with his own reflection.” She smiles. “Try me.”
I exhale hard. “Why did he agree to this, Mom?” I ask. “Without even talking to me about it?”
“Would you believe me if I said it was because he wants to spend more time with you?”
I snort.
“I’m serious!” she says. “You’re all grown up. Your sister’s leaving. The empty nest is sneaking up on him a lot faster than he expected it to.”
“And that makes this okay?”
