finger when I felt my phone vibrate in my pocket. It was an unknown
number, which instantly had my guard raised.
What a sweet
family reunion. Just be aware that I know all about your dad’s illegal
residence if you were feeling inclined to go to the police about me,
Love, your friend
in the Ford.
I passed the phone
to Luke with a quivering hand and my gaze found the car in no time at all.
Parked down the street, facing the other way, there was still no chance I could
see his face.
Luke followed my
line of sight and began striding towards the car, fists clenched by his side.
“That piece of shit, I’m going to go and show him exactly what he gets when we
threatens us. That piece of absolute shit .”
I had to jog to
catch up, and I tugged on Luke’s arm. “Stop, there’s no point. This isn’t going
to accomplish anything.” Other than perhaps get him to spill the beans on my
dad, of course.
Luke didn’t
listen, but the car had sped off before he was even halfway there. I knew if we
hadn’t been stood in the middle of the road, then he would have lashed out at
something. “What a dickhead. Who does he think he is to just threaten you like
that and drive off like some kind of coward?”
My fist was still
wrapped in the arm of Luke’s jackets and I pulled once more. “There’s nothing
we can do about it, come on we just need to get home. We’ll figure something
out then.”
Luke rounded on
me. There was something to lash out at after all. “How can you just be standing
there so calm? He’s threatening your family, not mine, and I’m on the one going
over there to do something about it. How does that work exactly?”
I wanted to back
down, but his tall stature dominated mine anyway. “I’m just trying to be
rational. He could have a knife or a gun in there or anything. He’s not exactly
looking sane, is he?”
The blaring of a
horn made me jump and Luke and I had to scoot backwards to avoid being hit by
the car that sped down the road. The driver shot a less than complimentary
gesture at us.
The metal of Luke’s
car was cold at my back and Luke hovered close to me, still kind of in the
road. “You okay?”
“I’m fine. Look,
you were trying to protect me and I was trying to protect you. This is the way
this whole thing is going to have to work, I guess. I didn’t want you to get
hurt.” I looked up at him with eyes pleading to understand. I just wanted him
to calm down so we could go home and figure this thing out.
Not that there was
much to say other than “well, I guess we’ll just do everything he says from now
on.”
But Luke returned
my gaze with a look of utter helplessness. “I don’t like being in this
situation. I don’t know what to do to solve it and keep us both safe.”
I managed the
smallest of smiles. “I’m sure we can figure something out together.”
“I just want it to
be over and done with already,” he sighed and didn’t look away. “Hey, are you
okay?”
I couldn’t really
say that I was. “I’ll be all right, at some point in the near future
hopefully.”
When he tucked a
piece of hair behind my ear, my eyes widened and I swallowed. Well, that was
completely out of the blue and my stomach reacted with a flip. “I hope so too.
This really isn’t fair on you.”
My hands hung limp
by my side as I strongly considered lifting them to his school tie. This was
suddenly far too intimate, but I only wanted it to get worse. “Thank you for
going after him. It… really means a lot that you would, you know?”
I sucked in a
breath when he leant forwards.
He was leaning
into kiss me and I wasn’t going to do a single thing about it, other than to
accept his lips with a burning lump in my throat that tried to warn me I was
doing the wrong thing.
Only, he
redirected the kiss at the last minute and it landed on my cheek. “We should go
home,” he muttered, breath
number, which instantly had my guard raised.
What a sweet
family reunion. Just be aware that I know all about your dad’s illegal
residence if you were feeling inclined to go to the police about me,
Love, your friend
in the Ford.
I passed the phone
to Luke with a quivering hand and my gaze found the car in no time at all.
Parked down the street, facing the other way, there was still no chance I could
see his face.
Luke followed my
line of sight and began striding towards the car, fists clenched by his side.
“That piece of shit, I’m going to go and show him exactly what he gets when we
threatens us. That piece of absolute shit .”
I had to jog to
catch up, and I tugged on Luke’s arm. “Stop, there’s no point. This isn’t going
to accomplish anything.” Other than perhaps get him to spill the beans on my
dad, of course.
Luke didn’t
listen, but the car had sped off before he was even halfway there. I knew if we
hadn’t been stood in the middle of the road, then he would have lashed out at
something. “What a dickhead. Who does he think he is to just threaten you like
that and drive off like some kind of coward?”
My fist was still
wrapped in the arm of Luke’s jackets and I pulled once more. “There’s nothing
we can do about it, come on we just need to get home. We’ll figure something
out then.”
Luke rounded on
me. There was something to lash out at after all. “How can you just be standing
there so calm? He’s threatening your family, not mine, and I’m on the one going
over there to do something about it. How does that work exactly?”
I wanted to back
down, but his tall stature dominated mine anyway. “I’m just trying to be
rational. He could have a knife or a gun in there or anything. He’s not exactly
looking sane, is he?”
The blaring of a
horn made me jump and Luke and I had to scoot backwards to avoid being hit by
the car that sped down the road. The driver shot a less than complimentary
gesture at us.
The metal of Luke’s
car was cold at my back and Luke hovered close to me, still kind of in the
road. “You okay?”
“I’m fine. Look,
you were trying to protect me and I was trying to protect you. This is the way
this whole thing is going to have to work, I guess. I didn’t want you to get
hurt.” I looked up at him with eyes pleading to understand. I just wanted him
to calm down so we could go home and figure this thing out.
Not that there was
much to say other than “well, I guess we’ll just do everything he says from now
on.”
But Luke returned
my gaze with a look of utter helplessness. “I don’t like being in this
situation. I don’t know what to do to solve it and keep us both safe.”
I managed the
smallest of smiles. “I’m sure we can figure something out together.”
“I just want it to
be over and done with already,” he sighed and didn’t look away. “Hey, are you
okay?”
I couldn’t really
say that I was. “I’ll be all right, at some point in the near future
hopefully.”
When he tucked a
piece of hair behind my ear, my eyes widened and I swallowed. Well, that was
completely out of the blue and my stomach reacted with a flip. “I hope so too.
This really isn’t fair on you.”
My hands hung limp
by my side as I strongly considered lifting them to his school tie. This was
suddenly far too intimate, but I only wanted it to get worse. “Thank you for
going after him. It… really means a lot that you would, you know?”
I sucked in a
breath when he leant forwards.
He was leaning
into kiss me and I wasn’t going to do a single thing about it, other than to
accept his lips with a burning lump in my throat that tried to warn me I was
doing the wrong thing.
Only, he
redirected the kiss at the last minute and it landed on my cheek. “We should go
home,” he muttered, breath
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