Brazen Steele by Ali Dean

Author:Ali Dean [Dean, Ali]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-04-30T16:00:00+00:00

Beck

My dad’s getting married. To a woman he met a few months ago, and whom I’ve met once. Tonight, when he told me the news.

She held out her hand to show me the rock, all giddy, like I should be excited for her. Then they asked if I’d be the best man, and acted confused when I said I’d have to think about it. Dad isn’t stupid, he knows I’m not his biggest fan. But I do keep agreeing to meet with him every few months, and even I’m not sure why I do it. Usually he brings his current girlfriend, and he likes to show me off, the pro skateboarding son. I don’t know why he decided to marry this one, but she didn’t come across as all that different from the others in the short time we spent together. I try not to be a judgmental ass, but when the same scenario keeps repeating itself in front of me over and over, it’s hard not to get jaded. Dad’s got a skill at charming insecure women.

I want to drive straight to Jordan, but I’ve got a half dozen texts reminding me of Moses’s party tonight. He’s one of the few guys I can genuinely say I’m looking forward to spending time with on Shred Live, and I don’t want to snub him by no-showing tonight.

Ignoring the texts from Griff, Taylor, Moses, and a few others, I click the one from Jordan.

“Are you going to the party at Moses Roan’s house?”

How does she know about Moses’s party? Griff? I hit the button to call her, not wanting to text and drive.

“Hey,” she answers on the first ring.

“Hey, where are you?” There’s no background noise, so she must not be at the party.

“My dorm. Doing some homework. Are you done with dinner with your dad already?”

“Yeah.” My voice is tight and I don’t want to get into that right now. “How’d you hear about Moses’s party?” I don’t mean to sound accusatory, but I’m curious. After all the coincidences that had us running into each other at the beginning, for all I know Moses is her cousin or something.

“Oh, Coby and Taylor. The girls all went with them.”

Oh yeah, of course. Coby lives in the same neighborhood as Moses, and Taylor would have been invited to the party too, through Griff, Moses himself, or one of the other skateboarders.

“Is Taylor hanging out with Ellie now?” I wonder. He hasn’t said shit to me about it, but then again I’ve been holed up studying and in classes since I got back from Oregon.

“Yeah, they’re together I think. And Lucy and Coby too.”

She sounds off. “Hey, I’m coming over. Will you go to the party with me?”

There’s a pause. “It depends. Are you only inviting me now because you realized all my friends would be there?”

My brows snap together and I pull the phone away and look at it. That does not sound like something that would come out of Jordan’s mouth.

At a loss, I tell her I’ll be there in five minutes.

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