A Risky Prospect, Chapter 6

I could just leave. I should. If I do, I’d just be proving them right. So I sit at their table while they ignore me, Olivia only acknowledging me long enough to ask me to pass the salt.

I definitely spooked her by asking her to move in with me. All I can do is hope that, once we’re away from our family and in the club house, we can go back to just being us. Everything else is just details.

Or so I’d like to believe.

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It’s been over twenty years since I last saw Lucy’s parents—my aunt and uncle.

From the little that Lucy’s said about them since I got out, they don’t like me. Or, rather, they don’t talk about me or what happened. In just a little while, we’re going to have to at least endure small talk with each other.

I’m more worried about Olivia.

Lately she’s been pushing me further and further away. She completely avoided answering my question back at The Wet Mermaid, and on the road, she blew past me. I know she’s been having nightmares about Eli, even if she won’t talk about them. I’m sure she’s nervous about starting her new job, too, especially with this Esther thing going on.

Ever since we started her riding lessons, she’s been pushing the limits. It’s been obvious from her first lesson that she’s a natural—another reason for my aunt and uncle to hate me. Not only did I burst their bubble of denial, but I’ve also managed to corrupt their younger daughter.

Adopted daughter, I correct myself.

Olivia and that Harley are like two reunited souls. I’m not the biggest fan of the way she speeds and takes turns like she’s begging for road rash. Olivia’s reckless riding is going to give me more grays.

But it’s what happened before we started lessons that crawls under my skin.

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