RORY
“Me and my dad got into an argument last night,” Avery informs me and it’s as if the news sucks the joy out of the room because my smile is wiped clean off my face.
“Oh.” I put down the smoothie I’ve been drinking, bringing my knee up on the couch as I turn to face Avery, giving her my full attention. “What was it about?” I hesitate, searching her eyes. “Do you wanna talk about it?”
I’m hesitant because I know Avery’s father is a very touchy topic for her. Their relationship is…rocky, and that’s putting it mildly. I’ve been around him. He seems like an okay man seventy percent of the time, all smiles with me and my father. But the thirty percent where he’s with Avery, he’s different. Stern. Unhappy. And when he looks at her, the temperature drops several degrees and there’s a sudd
