Page 90 of Chaos Kills

“You have to use nail polish remover, idiot!”

“I’m going to go ask Bay to do it.”

“No, you’re not! She’s sleeping.”

Not anymore.

I’ve been lying on the couch for the last fifteen minutes listening to my sisters go at it while attempting to do something by themselves.

Poor Ellie still hasn’t learned that Mae cannot and will not sit still to get her nails done. The girl moves around like she constantly has ants in her pants and always smudges the polish then demands it be done again.

Ellie has already done two coats.

Now she’s attempting to do a third.

“I don’t want you to do it!” Mae exclaims. “I hate pink!”

“You love pink!” Ellie retorts back. “It’s your favorite color!”

“No, it’s not!”

“Yes, it is!”

“No, it’snot! Yousuckat this!”

“You love pink, and you know it!”

“You’re lying! You don’t know me!”

“Aren’t you glad you didn’t grow up with sisters, just me?”

I grin at the sound of Levi’s voice behind me, and he has no idea how grateful I am for that. “I was just thinking the same thing.”

“I need you, Astor.”

Not sure why, but my brain picks up on the octave of his tone. The steady dip in it sends a wave of goosebumps across my skin.

“For what?”

“Why don’t you come see? It’s not nail polish, but I think you’ll like it.”

I lift my chin so I can see him upside down. He’s wearing a black tee with some blonde bitch on it. I’m not sure what it says—don’t care—because I ask the more important questions here. “Did you bring me cheeseburgers?”

“You can take me to get some, and I’ll buy, if you get your fat ass off the couch.”

I perk a brow. “Fat ass, as indamn, she’s stacked? Or fat ass, as indamn, she needs to lay off the cheeseburgers?”

“Fat ass, as in you’re gonna lose your ass by runnin’ after me when I take back what I brought you.”

Eh.

I’m comfortable where I am.

However, Levi always brings me good shit. And I’m a sucker for his surprises.

“Alright.” Pushing myself up to sit, I swing my legs over and look up at him. “This better be good, Wallace. A girl needs her rest.”

“Oh, you’re gonna cream your panties when you see this.”

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