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“Fine. Half the utilities and your own food.”
“Fine.”
I agree because I don’t want to make the next three months more unbearable than they need to be. We’ve never been close; barely tolerated each other. I don’t know why but it always seemed as if she just didn’t like me. At first I thought it was because we had different mothers. She would constantly taunt me about my “gringa madre” but I’ve never even met the woman. Daddy was the only parent I had. Shit, I practically took care of him after Lonnie moved out. He always worked nights, so I had to grow up real fast with practically no one to watch me. His parents died when I was a baby and God knows who my maternal grandparents are. Whenever I did have a babysitter, they pretty much let me do whatever I wanted while they made out with their boyfriends on the couch or talked with their friends on the phone the entire time. Let’s just say I learned a lot watching and listening.
Whatever Lonnie’s reason is for hating me, time has done nothing to abate it. If anything, her hate has intensified. Since I moved to here, I’ve noticed she’s become worse. I have no idea what’s happened to her in the seven years since she moved away that’s turned her into the raving bitch she is now. I can’t wait to get out of here.
She turns her attention back to the TV, and I decide to head to my room and call Chrissy. We hit it off even more on the bus, so we exchanged numbers. I can’t believe how much we have in common. She likes music and books just as much as I do, even the same genres. She and Chris speak Spanish, too, because their parents are from the Dominican Republic. She’ll want to hear about the hot doctor I met at the diner. I know he’s a member of the MC, but he seems nothing like the other minions. He wasclean…from his slicked-back dark hair to his cute baby face. His warm, hazel eyes looked spectacular, even behind his black-rimmed glasses. And his body? Good Lord – tall and lean.He can examine me anytime.
“Hey, how’d you get home last night?”
Now she asks. I could have been dead in a gutter somewhere and she wouldn’t have realized I was missing. Should I lie? She didn’t take too kindly to what Deena told her. No, she’s my sister. If she has a thing for Gage, she’ll just tell me, and then I can assure her that I have no interest in him. Then again, maybe she won’t be that civil. She already despises me.
“I was walking home, but your friend was passing by and gave me a ride.”
“What friend?”
“The tall, blond one. The one you introduced me to.”
Her head snaps toward me so fast I think I hear her neck pop.Uh oh.
“Gage?Gagegave you a ride?”
“Yeah, him.”
I hope I sound indifferent. I need her to realize it was nothing, because I don’t like the look in her eyes right now. She stands and slowly makes her way toward me.
“On what?”
“What do you mean?”
She grabs my arm, sinking her nails into my flesh.
“Ow!”
“Don’t play dumb with me,puta.On.What?”
“His bike! Now let me go.”
She slams me into the wall and suddenly the pain in my arm is nothing.What the fuck?
“His bike?Youwere on his bike?” She shouts in my face.
“Lonnie!”
She grabs my neck, pinning me to the wall. My eyes widen in surprise. I’ve never seen her like this before. Her eyes are wild and she’s breathing heavily. Slowly, her fingers tighten around my neck.
“Gage is mine, do you understand? It’s taking me longer than I thought, but Iamgoing to be his old lady. Stay the fuck away from him.¿Comprende?”
She squeezes tighter and I can barely breathe. I grab at her fingers, but she’s surprisingly strong. I can’t get any words out so I just nod, hoping it’ll be enough. She loosens her hold and I gasp for breath. I push her hand away and stare at her in shock.
“Jesus, Lonnie! He’s like, ancient. Besides, I told you I don’t want anything to do with you and your stupid MC.”
She scoffs and moves back to the couch, watching hernovelaas if she didn’t just try to kill me. I pick up my shoes and trudge to my room. Tears begin to form, spilling over as I close my bedroom door. I fall into bed, burying my face into the pillow.Three months. Just three months and I’ll be free.
CHAPTER 4
***Gage***
