Custom Piece (Ink It Up Book 1) by Kristin MacQueen

Author:Kristin MacQueen [MacQueen, Kristin]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: anonymous
Published: 2023-01-15T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter 12

Willow

It killed me to leave Knox’s house. I wanted to stay the night with him. To fall asleep in his arms and feel safe for the first time in a long time. Maybe ever.

My drive home is sobering. I'm not going to be walking into a loving home. It’s a cold house, one I’ve always wanted to escape from.

Knowing I only have a couple months left here is freeing. It makes me want to be reckless and I’m itching to do what I want whenever I want to.

The second I turn the key to kill the motor, Dad’s pulling open the door with a scowl on his face and his arms folded over his chest.

“Where have you been? We called the hospital and they said you left hours ago.”

I brush past him, not wanting any neighbors to see him belittle me. If I'm going to get spoken down to, I’d rather not have an audience present for it.

“Some of the surgeons I work with invited me out for dinner. I didn’t want to offend them by declining the invite, so I went.”

He opens and closes his mouth, but doesn’t know what to say. He can't argue with me. If I turned them down, he would’ve been pissed. He would’ve said something like ‘That could’ve turned into a job opportunity’ or ‘How are you supposed to meet a nice doctor to marry if you don’t go out with any of them.’

If this situation ever actually happened, I’d have made the correct decision like the good little girl he expects me to be.

“Oh… well you should really let us know so we don’t worry. I was going to call the police if you weren’t home by midnight.”

I have to resist the urge to laugh. I left work at four. That means he was willing to wait eight hours to see if something happened to me.

“You could’ve called me or texted me.” I shrug, moving past him and into the kitchen.

“Don’t you think that’s your responsibility? If you change your plans, you should be the one to call.”

“I’ll try to remember next time,” I offer with a roll of my eyes. My back is to him, there’s no chance of him seeing or I wouldn’t do it. I fill up a glass of water and take a long sip.

“Are you seeing someone?”

I choke on the water and begin coughing like I almost drowned. I didn’t expect that to come from him.

“What? No! Who would I be seeing?” My hand is on my chest as I continue to cough every few seconds.

“I don’t know. Maybe another surgeon. That’d be smart. Pick another doctor in the top of their field. You’d be the power couple.”

“I'm not going to date someone based on their career choices.” I frown at him. There’s so much more to life than the job you choose.

I care more about being loved and cherished. I want someone who takes my thoughts and feelings into consideration. Someone who will protect me from the world, not make me nervous they might raise a hand to me.

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