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@KnightTimeDanc3r: Makes sense that she would stay with y'all. Why buy a house in Swanton for five minutes when you could stay with a friend?
@Jo.GraemePlace: Exactly.
@KnightTimeDanc3r: So what did you do?
@Jo.GraemePlace: Well, Sylvie wanted food. Uncle Ian cooks, but they weren't here tonight, so I offered to buy supper.
@KnightTimeDanc3r: You gonna tell me you slept with Sylvie?
I laughed then. Hadn't expected him to ask that.
@Jo.GraemePlace: No. I bought Knox food and invited him to eat with me. Sylvie left us alone.
@KnightTimeDanc3r: So, you pay for Knox's food, too?
@Jo.GraemePlace: Well, yeah.
@KnightTimeDanc3r: You had a date with Knox Daniels, the brother of the girl Jasper is marrying.
@Jo.GraemePlace: Yeah. And he kissed me when I dropped him off. His dad came out to the porch, and Knox kissed me in front of him. Now, I have questions. I mean, Jasper used me. I'm Ian's heir, and it's a big thing. Like Knox made a declaration in front of his dad.
@KnightTimeDanc3r: So, you feel like Knox might be using you? Do you like him?
Not the question I expected. Did I like Knox? Jasper just dumped me with no warning, and I was still scrambling from that.
@KnightTimeDanc3r: Josh?
@Jo.GraemePlace: I don't know.
@KnightTimeDanc3r: Okay, maybe the better question is, could you? He'scuteand funny. Smart, too.
@Jo.GraemePlace: You trying to sell him to me? I know he's cute. He is funny, too. He reads. I like that. Didn't call me weird because I get quiet to think about what's going on before I respond. Okay. So, I could like him. Just not sure I'm there yet. And what if he is using me like Jasper? What if he's just waiting for someone better to comealong,like Jasper did?
@KnightTimeDanc3r: Knox isn't using you, Josh. Give him a chance.
@Jo.GraemePlace: Isn't it too soon?
@KnightTimeDanc3r: We don't get time, Josh. We are traded to the highest bidder to keep the world going. We can break down in private, but we can'tchange our fate. I gotta go. Get somesleepandgiveKnox a chance. He's a really great guy.
@Jo.GraemePlace: Goodnight.
I set the phone back on the charger and thought about that. He was right. We couldn't change our fate, and in public, at least, we had to pretend everything was good. For all the wrong things Uncle Ian righted for me, making me his heir came with conditions I didn't have before.
I looked around the bedroom. Without Ian, I would be in the army like Ethan wanted, wouldn't have known Jasper, nor starred in a play. Wouldn't have known the definition of family, either. Maybe I was being stupid and should just go with the flow. Unless MacDaniels found a reason to take Knox away from me, too.
Chapter 7
Faith In Me
The vibration woke me up this morning, and I caught my phone before it hit the floor.
Jasper still hadn't responded to me, but I didn't expect him to. Not now.
KnightTimeDanc3rhad, and his first message was:Good morning, beautiful. I hope you slept well last night.
The second was from Knox, who also wished me good morning, but didn't tack beautiful to the end of it. It would be nice to know whoKnightTimeDanc3rwas, but I wasn't ready to ask that question.
Ian had been down to ride Stryder already, and was now making breakfast when I made it to the kitchen.
