Edged (The Invincibles 2) - Page 34
“What rest?”
Edge leaned in closer to me and grasped my chin with his hand. “Don’t play dumb with me, little Rebel. I know you’re not. I’ll prompt you. Once this is over and you’re not staying here anymore…”
I tried to scoot back, but Edge’s other hand kept the chair where it was. “What is there to discuss? One way or another, this will be over. Either I’ll be back in jail, or someone will figure out who really killed Possum.”
“I’ve already told you that you’re not going back to jail. Tell me what you see happening once I figure out who killed him?”
Why was he pushing me so hard? I jerked the chair away, stood, and stalked back to the kitchen, knowing damn well he wouldn’t make a scene in the dining hall.
I was about to walk into the employee restroom when I felt Tee-Tee’s hand on my arm. “What happened, Mija?”
“Please, don’t,” I said, pulling away from her and rushing into the bathroom. I rested my back against the door after I’d closed and locked it.
What was it with these two? Yesterday, Tee-Tee wouldn’t have given me the time of day if we’d passed on the street. Today she was calling me her daughter. And Edge—what the hell was his problem? The minute this thing with Possum was over, we would be too. What kind of sadist was he that he wanted me to say it out loud?
“Rebel, open the door,” I heard him say from the other side of it.
I moved closer to the stalls. “Go away.”
“You have until the count of three to open this bloody door. If you don’t, I’m coming in anyway. One…two…”
I rushed over and threw the lock. I’d get fired for sure if Edge broke the bathroom door open on my first day because of me. I backed away when he came inside and locked it behind him.
“I’m sorry.”
I raised my head. That was the last thing I expected him to say.
“I overreacted, and I wish I could explain why.”
I looked into his eyes. “I wish you could too.”
“You said this will end, and I don’t want it to. I know how fucked up that sounds. I want this thing with Possum to go away. I want you exonerated as soon as possible. What I don’t want is for you to think the minute that happens, I’ll want you to leave.”
I was dumbfounded. “Edge…”
He took two steps toward me. “What, Rebel?”
“I’m not an idiot.”
“I think I already covered that when I told you not to play dumb with me.”
“This isn’t funny.”
“I agree. Now get back to what you were going to say.”
“I’m in your custody.”
“That’s merely a formality. You’re here because I want you to be.”
I couldn’t look at him when I said what I was about to say, so I turned my back. “You are way out of my league.”
I didn’t hear him walk closer, but his arm was suddenly around my waist, spinning me around to face him. “That’s bullshit.”
I tried to move away, but this time, his grasp on me was firm. “Until everything went down with Possum, you didn’t know I existed.”
“How is that relevant?”
“If I weren’t out of your league, you would’ve noticed me.”
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