Jason’s POV
The day before New Year’s Eve, Brooke stays home again.
It’s become a pretty common thing. She works Spellbound hard; I understand that she can’t work him every day. But it’s the first time she’s stayed home since Kate and Alex left, and even though it isn’t the first time she’s been alone with Milo, it feels as raw as it always does.
I’m anxious the whole day at work. I’m itchy and uncomfortable, and when Dixon asks me what's wrong, I don’t even bother explaining, because it’s such a pathetic combo of f****d-up and embarrassing.
I spend the whole drive home knowing that something big is going to go down. I don’t know what. I don’t know if it’s going to be me flying off the handle or her. But I know something will.
Everything builds up in my head on the ride home. It’s
