“I don’t care. It’s not the fitting place for you.”

She provides me a curious frown, clearly choosing up on my thinly masked temper, earlier than strolling forward to take a look at the lavatory. Mikayla’s standing within the tiny house, and if she stretched her arms huge, I wager she may contact each partitions on the similar time. And that’s Mick we’re speaking about. Rachel may in all probability lay her palms flat towards every wall. How the hell is she presupposed to dry herself after a bathe with out bashing her elbows on the arduous tiles?

“Nope.” I shake my head. “This isn’t the one.”

“It’s not your determination,” Mikayla quips. “I don’t even know why you’re right here.”

I slim my eyes at her as Rachel lets out a mushy gasp. “Mick.”

“What?” She spins to search for at her finest pal. “It’s not like he’s going to be residing with us, and all his grumpy ass has accomplished all day is reject every part we’ve checked out!”

Clenching my jaw, I give her a stiff nod earlier than easing out of the lavatory. “I’ll look ahead to you guys exterior.”

Rachel lets out a mushy tut, eyeballing Mikayla whereas I stroll via the constructing, taking on put up simply exterior and kicking on the snow.

There is no level entering into it with Mick. She’s like a pit bull when she’s fired up, and I can’t deny that she’s proper. I’ve rejected every part we’ve seen immediately as a result of their price range goes to have them transferring into a chunk of crap.

I can’t stand the considered Rachel coming house every night time to something that isn’t half respectable. She deserves heat and safety. So does Mick, for fuck’s sake!

Scowling down on the snow, I wrench out my cellphone and take a look at Mama once more. I normally name her on Sunday and we have now an honest catch-up, however she hasn’t answered her cellphone immediately or replied to any of my texts.

After I messaged Maria to seek out out the place she was, my sister gave a noncommittal reply about her being busy. Sofia was simply as ineffective.

Sofia: I’m sleeping over at Monique’s. Would you cease texting me! It’s embarrassing.

I rolled my eyes and gave up with a huff.

And that’s in all probability what’s consuming me so badly.

Mama at all times takes my calls… except she’s hiding one thing.

And the one factor she ever hides is the one factor I can’t tolerate.

Which implies she’s in all probability with Dad proper now.

I don’t get it. After every part that asshole put her via, she nonetheless retains letting him into her life. He has a restraining order, and she or he at all times lets him break it.

It fucking kills me.

The considered him hurting her once more is sort of a fist within the abdomen. Like proper inside my abdomen, squeezing and making me wish to hurl.

A part of me needs to drive down there and verify that Dad hasn’t knocked her out chilly. He hasn’t attacked her since getting out of jail, however that’s not the purpose. We’ve put techniques in place to maintain our household protected when he’s on a bender. However something may set off him, and it’s like she’s strolling straight right into a snake pit when she voluntarily goes to see him.

I don’t get why she’s so prepared to threat her security on a regular basis.

It’s like coping with a cussed youngster who simply refuses to see widespread sense. It makes me really feel like I’ve to be the grown-up. If solely I may ban her from seeing him, floor her ass and make her avoid the man.

Kicking on the snow with a grunt, I practically soar out of my pores and skin when Rachel softly calls my identify.

“Liam?”

Jerking round, I attempt for a smile, however it’s in all probability a twitchy, grumpy-ass frown.

Her head tricks to the facet, her inexperienced eyes me like I matter greater than something. Her sorrow makes my coronary heart ache. She’s apprehensive about me, and I’ve given her no cause to not be. I’m performing like a dick.

“The place’s Mikayla?” I ask, wincing on the means the phrases are snapping out of me.

Shit.

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