“Row and Cal aren’t going to be here most of the time. Your mom is all the way in Maine. You have no friends around. No relatives. Look at your first hour here, for fuck’s sake.” I gestured to the door. “What would’ve happened if I wasn’t there to save Grav? To push your car into the garage? Carry your luggage? Admit it. We need each other right now, and we can help each other. A mutually beneficial arrangement.” “I can do this alone,” she insisted, eyes glittering with brazen determination.
