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Gramma CeCe calls me every week to read awful things that people have said about me on the internet, so she’s great.” “Yes, I would like to be conferenced in for next week’s reading, thank you for asking.”
“I’ll be damned.” “What?” I snarled. He smiled at me then, wide and toothy and definitely smug. “Ryan Ralston has a heart,” he said. “I haven’t seen it until now because you left it with her.”
He stared at me while he slipped on his jacket and straightened his cuffs. When he was finished, he took a step closer, and then another. In the corner of my eye, I saw Ines hand him the cape. He swept a hand under my hair and I felt the soft fabric settle over my shoulders, against the backs of my arms. “You look like the first day of spring after the coldest, most brutal winter,” he said. “No one is going to be able to take their eyes off you.” “Oh,” I sighed. With his fingers at my throat, he snapped the clasp into place as he stared down at me. “There,” he whispered. “Very good.”
I knew she was thinking we would hurt my family when we split up. But I was thinking we could spare everyone and just keep this ruse going for the next fifty, sixty years.
That fucking guy. There was no other option for me than to climb onto the bed and pull Emme into my arms. “You want me to send some linebackers to fuck him up?”
A startled laugh rumbled up from my chest. I grinned at Emme. “An impressive line you have here.” I nodded at Audrey and then Jamie. “A strong safety, quick cornerback. And with Grace as your nose tackle? They could fuck up any offense.” “Don’t you forget it,” Jamie said. To Audrey, she asked, “What do those words mean?” “I don’t know, honey,” she said.
“I’d like nothing more than to take you outside and kick your fool ass around until the only thing you can do is piss yourself and cry for a mother who probably doesn’t like you very much. But my arm is worth more than seventy million dollars a year and you have proven you are worth nothing.”
