Ring My Bell by Meredith Spies

Author:Meredith Spies
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Meredith Spies

When I came out, Mathis was waiting in the car. I felt a pang of guilt seeing he’d paid for all of the food and drinks instead of waiting for me. “Sorry,” I mumbled. “I didn’t mean for you…”

“It’s fine. I’m gonna end up eating half of it anyway. If not more. You got a lot of Skittles, and those are kind of my thing.”

I smiled thinly. “Well, have at ‘em. I’m feeling kind of blargh right now.”

We sat for a long moment, neither of us buckling in and him not even reaching for the keys to start the engine. “You gonna tell me what’s going on?” he asked finally. “Or is this another thing I’m going to have to pull out of you with pliers?”

“First, ew. Second… Shit. Okay. Plans are changing.” I told him what Gerald and Paige had passed on to me.

Mathis closed his eyes. Exhaling slowly and noisily, he let his head fall back against the head rest. “Okay. Okay. Well. We’ve got about four hours till we get to the hotel. I’m gonna pull around to a pump and fill up if you want to break into some of those crackers. Your stomach’s been rumbling since Boulder.”

“You’re… okay with this?”

“You don’t have to sound so disbelieving. And I’m not okay with it, but it’s not like we’ve got a lot of choices right now, is it?” He nodded for me to buckle in, and he started the car. “If we back down now, Raymond comes out on top. Again. And I’m tired of being angry at him. Not because I’m wanting to forgive him or some bullshit like that. But, for once, I want to be the one coming out ahead. And I want to deserve it. Because we deserve it,” he added softly. “I understand if you want to back out. I do. I don’t think it’s a good idea, but I’m only able to make that assessment from my point of view. I can’t read your mind or know what’s in your heart here. Not unless you tell me.”

I nodded again.. “I… I, um. I don’t want him to win. He’s ruined lives. He’s trying to ruin ours. He…”

“Hey, you okay?”

“Not really,” I admitted on a weak chuckle. “I feel like I just stepped off the edge of the stage, expecting there to be stairs, but it’s the orchestra pit.”

He winced. “Been there. Got the weird scar on my ass to prove it.”

That got a tiny smirk. “Show me later?”

Dimples flashing, he winked at me. “Let’s get to Kansas and see what the others have dug up, and maybe you can see my scar and my secret tattoo.”

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