Emily took a step back, her eyes wide, her mouth open, her hand to her chest.
“You couldn’t tell that I was bored most of the time? I just let you ramble on about whatever you wanted.”
“Then why did you keep calling me and asking me out?”
“Because it’s what he wanted me to do,” Benny said, his voice raised. He pointed a shaking finger at his father. “He thinks you’re wonderful and has decided we’re going to be together forever and I went along with it because, what the hell, he wasn’t going to let me live my own life long enough for me to meet someone else. And then I did meet someone else and she’s everything I could want in a partner. Me. What I want for myself. And I almost let the two of you ruin that!”
“You still cheated on me!” Emily shouted.
His voice dropped to a more reasonab
