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But here I am.
Even if tomorrow is the last day of school, which is traditionally more about signing yearbooks than teaching.
I hope Rhett stays all night at Rift and never shows his face here.
Decker and Felix start having a deep chat, so I head to the kitchen to get myself some water. No more alcohol for me—I need to sober up so I can go to work tomorrow without a headache.
“Who’s the guy?” Dad asks me, sitting down on one of the kitchen stools. He’s dressed in all black, and even though he’s in his fifties, he still doesn’t look a day over thirty.
“Felix and Clover’s friend. Why?” I ask, frowning.
“Rhett isn’t going to like you talking with some guy all night, Cara. What’s going on?”
My jaw goes tight. “And what if Rhett and I aren’t a thing anymore?”
My father’s eyes widen. “You’ve always been a thing.”
“I just saw him at Rift with another woman. And Decker and I are just friends,” I explain, sighing.
“What?” Dad grits out, cutting me off. “I’ll cut off Rhett’s dick and shove it down his throat. I don’t care if they want him to be president one day—no one disrespects my daughter like that.”
“Dad,” I groan. “You need to let me handle this, all right? I’m always going to care about Rhett, and him being dickless isn’t going to help anyone.”
Especially if he is going to become president one day, which is something I wasn’t aware of. No wonder he’s always busy on club business—he’d have a lot of pressure on him if he’s going to be leading these men one day. Not that it changes anything between him and me, but at least I understand more. It just proves that ending things with him was the right thing to do—he doesn’t tell me anything.
I sit down next to Dad and lean my cheek on his shoulder. “I’m not happy, Dad. And something has to change. Just because everyone thinks you are meant to be with someone doesn’t mean that you have to be. And Rhett’s actions tonight prove he’s feeling the same. He wants his freedom? Well, he’s got it.”
Dad is silent for a few seconds, and then lifts my face up to look at his. “You do what makes you happy, you hear me? And I’ll always have your back, no matter what. You come first.”
Something I always knew but Rhett could never say to me. “I know.”
“Do you think Rhett is going to let you go that easily?” he asks, sounding confused. “He’d be a fucking idiot if he does.”
“It’s my choice. We’re not good together. It’s probably going to be a relief for him. I know it feels that way for me.”
Uncle Arrow comes over and kisses the top of my head. “Bailey just told me not to threaten the new guy. Who the fuck is he?”
I grin. Some things never change, and the Wind Dragons men being protective is one of them.
“He’s a friend, and he hasn’t done anything wrong,” I tell him.
“She keeps defending him, which makes me think otherwise,” Dad adds, sharing a look with Arrow. “We should go over and officially introduce ourselves.”
“Let’s,” Arrow says jovially in his deep voice, and the two of them head out to terrorize a man for doing nothing other than speak to me.
I’m about to follow after them and save Decker when Rhett appears. Like my night couldn’t get any more stressful.
“I thought you weren’t coming here tonight,” he says when he sees me.
“And I thought you were a faithful man.” I shrug, not offering him any further explanation. “I’m about to leave, though, don’t worry.”
“I’m not worrying, this is your family too,” he says, coming closer and looking down at me. “I’m sorry about before. I shouldn’t have been there with her. I fucked up, Cara.”
“Yes, you have. We can’t be together, Rhett. It’s just not what we both want, and not how I thought my life would be,” I admit, as we wrap our arms around each other. “And tonight you proved that you feel the same. We need to stop this cycle from continuing, and I’m not happy. I still love you, I always will. You were my best friend before we were lovers, and you will always be that to me.”
Breaking up with a man is easy.
Breaking up with your life-long best friend?
