I nodded. “Yep. I already asked Josh and Brad. They’ll be at the house around ten.”
“How do you think your sister is going to feel when she knows what you did?”
“She won’t. I told him if he tells her, I’ll break both his legs and make it look like an accident.”
Gunner swallowed hard. “Christ almighty, dude.” He reached for a weight to do biceps but stopped.
“So if you think he believes you, why are you so angry?”
There was no way I could tell him it was because Ari ended up going to prom with another jerk who was most likely going to try something with her.
“I guess I’m just stressed.”
“Then maybe a few rounds in the ring will help work that out.”
I nodded. “Yeah. I’m gonna head that way. I’ll catch up with you later at the house.”
Gunner slapped my back. “Have a good workout, and don’t worry. Ellie will be fine.”
I huffed. It wasn’t Ellie I was worried about. I had put the fear of God in Ryan. There was no way he would even lay a finger on her after I threatened him. If he did, he was a stupid ass.
No, it was Ari I was pissed off about. She was stubborn, and I had a feeling she went with this guy just to piss me off. She knew it would get back to me through Ellie.
“Yeah, I know she will be. See ya later.”
“Later,” Gunner said, giving me a reassuring grin.
I spent the next hour trying to punch the living shit out of Billy, my sparring partner at the gym near my house. By the time we were finished, I was sweating, and I didn’t feel any better.
Billy sat down next to me and handed me a water. “I think what you need to do is get laid. Not try and beat the living shit out of me.”
With a gruff laugh, I downed the water. “That obvious?”
He nodded. “Fuck yes. To me; not sure about anyone else. Want to talk about it?”
“Nah.”
“A woman?”
“Something like that,” I replied.
“Girlfriend? I didn’t peg you as the type.”
“No, nothing like that.”
I stood. “Great workout, buddy. Thanks again.”
As I walked out of the gym, I mentally went over in my head all the reasons I shouldn’t give two fucks about who Ari was with at prom.
By the time I jogged back to my place, I felt worse than I had before. I hadn’t actually come up with one single damn idea.
Ari was surely going to be the death of me.
Chapter Seventeen – Gunner
The four of us sat in Jeff’s truck, waiting for Ellie to come home from the prom.
“Do we get to talk to her?” Brad asked.