“Simone not only needs you, Kenan, she needs you to be apart from me.” I pull out of his hands, turn my back on him. “Especially if she’ll be living with you. It doesn’t have to be forever. It can be—” “Not only is it not forever,” he shouts behind me, “it’s not at all. This is ridiculous, Lotus.”
He gives me a little bit of the ick here. I understand the knee-jerk reaction to digging in your heels, and refusing to bend on this, but Lotus is the only one here really and truly putting Simone first.
