'I could come with you.'
I'd been half turned from him, but now I gave him my ful
attention. 'To my dad's house? Are you nuts?'
For a man who'd been underinvolved in my life, my dad
had been furious with Austin when he'd learned we were
splitting. A lot of that was because of me. I hadn't told my
dad the whole story. Hadn't told anyone, realy, just let
them make their own assumptions. My mom was the only
one who'd seen through my silence and guessed the truth.
Not that I felt judged by it. She'd never mentioned it. I just
knew she knew.
'Your old man stil got it in for me?'
'He's not a fan. Jeremy! Tyler! Let's go!'
Tyler ran toward me with his tickets trailing behind him
from his hand. Jeremy folowed with his fisted tight. Before
they could say a word I tore my string of tickets in half and
handed each a section.
handed each a section.
'Go get your prizes and shake your moneymakers. I have
to get you home before your mom and dad.'
'Here. Take these, too.' Austin gave them each half of his tickets, too.
They knew a good thing when they had it and ran off
before I could change my mind. I turned to Austin. 'You
didn't have to do that.'
'What am I going to do with a bunch of junky prizes?' He
shrugged. 'They're kids.'
'It was nice.' I sounded grudging, and he shot me a grin.
'I can be nice.' I roled my eyes. 'Goodbye, Austin.'
'I can't come with?'
'To my dad's house, no.' I held up a hand. 'And no, not later, either.'
His glance fel to my pocket. 'You have a boyfriend now,
or what?'
Nothing happened to the noise around us, but silence stil
Nothing happened to the noise around us, but silence stil
fel over me. I opened my mouth to reply. Nothing came
out. I tried to think of what to say, but my mind stayed
blank.
'You can tel me if you do.' Austin's eyes didn't make me
believe his words.
'I don't have a boyfriend, Austin. Jesus. Is it any of your
business?'
I'd always been able to turn around his accusations, but he
wasn't having it this time. His blue-eyed gaze pinned me in
place as easily as his hands on my wrists had done more
than once. He shrugged.
'Or is it just another fuck buddy?' He paused, slim golden brows furrowing.
'No,' I said coldly. 'And watch your mouth. There are kids around.'
Austin's gaze traveled up and down my body before
settling on my face. I couldn't tel from his expression what
