Page 82 of The Lost and the Found

“It’ll be convenient for you. We’ll get you your driver’s license, baby. And then you can drive it wherever you need to go. Besides, I know you want a car.”

“I don’t want your car,” I clarified.

“I bought it with you in mind.”

I moved back a little until I could look at him fully, the water splashing around us. “Are you telling me you just bought that car?”

“Yes. Last week.”

I shook my head in disbelief and crossed my arms over my naked chest. Now I wished we hadn’t taken a bath after all. I didn’t want to talk about this naked. I didn’t want to talk about this, period.

“If you don’t want to drive me around anymore, just say so. I can go back to taking the bus. I was fine before you came into my life, and I would be fine going back to my usual routine.”

I stood up and the water ran down my body.

“Hayden, wait.”

I didn’t. I grabbed a towel and wrapped it around myself, walking out of the bathroom as quickly as I could. I didn’t want to stay in Logan’s room, knowing he would be out soon enough, so I walked to the guest bedrooms and collapsed on the bed without bothering to turn on the light.

Logan didn’t come to me. I heard his footsteps outside the door a few minutes after I got there, but he didn’t knock. I let out a small sigh in relief when he walked away.

I didn’t want to talk to him—at least, not now.

I didn’t know why I was feeling like this, only that I was.

About a half an hour later, the bedsheets had fully soaked in my damp skin, and laying there was no longer comfortable. I shifted to the side until I was lying on a dry part of the bed, and pulled the towel away from my body before I grabbed the blanket, covering myself with it.

I dozed off within minutes.

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