Page 20 of Vallaverse: Twist
“Did you call someone?” she asks him.
“No.”
“Don't lie to me, honey. I heard you speaking.”
Laz sighs. “I was convincing myself to stay.”
She laughs. “Of course, you're staying. Where would you go?”
“Away.”
She laughs again. “You're ridiculous. Come on, then. Let's get you in the shower. You have an appointment this morning.”
“I don't want any more appointments, Kris. I'm done.”
She laughs once more. No. She cackles.
“I'm serious. You have enough money to buy an entire town if you want it. I'm tired. And bored.”
“You're pouting,” she says, but I can hear the lack of humor in her tone.
“Maybe,” Laz says, sounding farther away than before. “But I'm still done.”
“You're done when I'm done.”
“You'll never be done.”
“No,” she says firmly. “I won't. So get your filthy ass up and get in the fucking shower.”
Silence, and then rustling fabric. Then a solidthunk.
“I'm fine,” Laz says. “I'm fine.”
“Here,” she says sharply.
“Just give me a minute. I'll go. You don't have to do that.”
“You have two minutes.”
The door closes loudly a few moments later, and then Laz is back on the line.
“Bye, Brooks.”
The call ends, leaving me breathing too hard and shaking.
What the fuck even was that? Why did he call? What was the point? He obviously needs help. He called me for a reason.
Fuck.
Fuck.
It's none of my business. Laz is none of my business. Not anymore. He has an Alpha.
Why did he call me?
The way she was speaking to him was disgusting. She spoke to him like he was nothing. She called him filthy. I have been angry with Laz for years, but I never once called him names. I would never call him filthy. No one deserving of an Omega would ever be so cruel.
Why would she speak so cruelly to him after such a display of affection at the restaurant?
