“All of them?” As she turned to walk away, I grabbed her arm and whipped her back around. She tanked her hand back and I raised my free one. “Hey, I’m not trying to hurt you or whatever. I’m trying to understand what you mean by that.”
“Ahh, what?! You don’t notice?! That makes it even worse!”
“Are you crazy—?”
“Where’s Brick?” She quickly cut in. “Seen him ever since your little f*****g game thing with him?”
I paused.
Wait, true. I’d forgotten about it. Which was understandable. There was a fight and then other things so I got a little preoccupied. “What does that have to do with—?”
She grabbed my hand.
My instinct demanded that I smashed her face in. But I didn’t.
Her fingers trembled slightly as she pulled me away. They were cold and soft, a strange combination, and soon we we
