ELLA
Those two words shouldn’t have been scary as they sounded. Except they were. I could feel something drop in my stomach the moment she’d said that.
“Well?” She sneered.
“I’m coming.” I finally replied.
She glared at Liam for extra measure before leaving with a loud slam of the door. Liam’s fist tightened, moving to punch the spot that Sarah had just been at.
“Why I outta—”
I held his hand. “Just don’t. It—It’ll only take a minute, okay?”
Liam looked like he wanted to argue some more, his face scrunched in annoyance. A small smile played at my lips and I poked his sides.
“I’ll be back.”
My step-mother was on her bed when I opened the door to her room. She raised her eyes to meet mine momentarily, then turned her gaze back to the book in her hand.
“Before me.”
Quietly, I stopp
