Serum

-Fifty-

“Why do I feel like you’re disgusted?” Conner hesitantly eased the fireproof safe door the rest of the way open.

“Because I am.” I put my hands on my hips, but at Conner’s hurt look, immediately realized what he was thinking. “Oh no, not at you. At myself. How did I miss this s**t?” I threw my hands in the air and Conner chuckled.

“To be fair, it was buried under the floorboards in the closet..” He offered.

“Yeah, but..” I threw up my hands again, spinning around before crossing them over my chest. How did I explain to him that I felt like I hardly knew anything about him, and now was basically having to depend entirely on him? Plus, my life was even more bound up with his now, quite literally, and maybe it was just starting to occur to me what an impulsive b***h I’d been.

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