Chapter 20 - Zach
IN THE MORNING, I HAD Jake come over. “Watch Issy for a little while,” I told him. “There’s something I have to go take care of.”
He rolled his eyes at me. We still hadn’t talked about the d*******l, and I was starting to think he’d either forgotten about it or just wanted to make me squirm. Whenever he was around, I didn’t feel calm anymore. I just felt unsettled, like he was someone I had to watch out for. Jake used to be a trusted friend, but now I held him at arms’ length. Unfortunately, I didn’t see that changing any time soon.
Jake whistled when he saw Issy. “She’s a hot one,” he said.
Issy blushed and walked into the other room. Even though it was the kind of comment I would have made myself, I felt like smacking him. “She’s the mother of my child,” I snapped.
