Chapter 22
LAWSON “So, was that your girlfriend? Who was with Vayden earlier?” Lyrick wipes down my knuckles. “Nope. We go to the same high school, just like everybody else in this town.” I let out a low whistle as she straightened my fingers. “Does it hurt?” Verse’s sister tries to soothe the pain. “Not much.” Not as much as watching those blue eyes haunt my goodbye. “Will your mom and Patch be worried?” She blows on my knuckles, drying them before wrapping them. “Angel? No, after what she said, I’m sure that she knows.” I can’t think of her right now. “Why do you call her Angel?” Lyrick rubs my palm “Because that’s her name.” “But she’s your mom.” Lyrick is sweeter when she doesn’t speak to me. “It's what he used to call her.” The thought of my father usually brings unsettled aggression.
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