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He walked behind me, and I could almost hear his brain thinking.
Does he know that I snuck out of school?
Does he know that I did something bad?
“Whose car is that?” Bowie asked curiously as we walked up to it.
I opened the passenger back door as I said, “Morrigan’s.”
He paused halfway into the car, and I finished his descent by pushing on his head and all but demanding with steady pressure that he get into the car.
He looked up at me, started to protest, but I leveled him with a glare that could peel paint and said, “I wouldn’t argue with me right now.”
He opened his mouth and then closed it.
“Get in,” I ordered.
He got in, swung his legs around, and I closed the door.
When we were all inside, I said, “Buckle up.”
Bowie did, and Morrigan turned around in her seat and waved at Bowie. “Hi, I’m Morrigan. I’m…”
“My girlfriend,” I finished for Morrigan.
She turned her gaze to me and glared.
I smiled again, this time a lot happier than the last.
God, I loved the woman with my whole heart.
I still hated myself for leaving her.
All these years, I’d thought she’d been safe and happy. All these years, her father had done nothing but lie to me about her happiness.
“Uh, hi,” Bowie said, sounding like the words were pulled from his strangled throat. “Nice car.”
That last part was said facetiously.
Morrigan didn’t own a nice car.
Far from it.
It was the same damn one she drove all those years ago when I’d left her behind.
It was time for a new one, but I couldn’t very well buy her one with her being an independent person. What were the odds she’d just take it with a smile? That’s right, zero.
Morrigan turned around with a fake smile on her face, and we drove to Danyetta’s in silence.
When we got there, Danyetta, Wake, Dutch, and Sunny were standing on the front lawn.
Danyetta looked more than pissed, letting me know that Sunny had caught her up on the news.
We got out of the car and walked toward them, and Danyetta’s dam burst.
“What were you thinking?!” Danyetta screeched.
I heard the neighbor’s weed eater stop two houses down and said, “Let’s take this inside.”
