All Your Life (Blackbird Book 4) by Lily Foster

Author:Lily Foster [Foster, Lily]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Shore Front Books
Published: 2023-06-21T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty

LIAM

“You’re sure you want to do this?”

“You’ve asked me three times already and we haven’t even left New Jersey.”

“You don’t look sure, that’s all.”

“I’ll never be sure, might as well just go for it, right? I mean, when will it ever be the right time?” She turns to face me. “But can you swing this? Tell me the truth.”

“Got no job, remember? I’m free as a bird.” I squeeze her hand when I see she’s now looking out the passenger-side window. “Hey, I was going for humor. And I do still have my shifts at Dunes, as far as I know, so I’m good. And by the way, none of this is on you.”

“It’s all on me. My club, my friends, my boyfriend—“

“Ex, correct?”

She laughs for the first time. “Oh, you can’t get more ex than he is.” The smile drops as she looks down to her lap. “But I am sorry, Liam. I’m sorry they did this to you. And sorry most of all for what my mother said back there. I don’t know why I feel the need to defend her right now but she’s not an awful person. I seriously can’t believe she said all that crap.”

Not an awful person? I’m thinking to myself that her mother is one class-A bitch, but don’t voice that opinion. “I don’t really care what she thinks.”

“You absolutely shouldn’t, but when people judge you, it hurts. You can say that it doesn’t, but it does.”

“It’s not the first time and it won’t be the last.”

She looks to me and nods, and I’m grateful for her honesty. There’s certainly no need to sugar coat it.

“Are you sure—”

I cut her off when I can sense she’s about to ask the same question for the umpteenth time. “Yes, I’m in. I love road trips.”

She smirks. “Been on a lot of spontaneous road trips, have you?”

“This is actually my second one, and I've got high expectations. The last one was a bust.”

I’m not sure if she remembers what trip I’m referring to until she says, “I’m hoping you can write an essay with a happy ending this time.”

When we pass a sign for a service station, she says, “Mind if we stop? I could use some caffeine.”

“Sure.”

“Should I call home?” she asks, looking uncertain.

“Uh,” I look to the dashboard clock, “we haven’t been gone that long, but maybe you should. Your father looked all right but your mom looked pretty rattled when you all went back inside the house.”

“She deserves to sweat it out for a little while longer.”

“What happened in there? I mean, I could see she wasn’t too happy with me dropping you off, but how did it go from that to the epic quest we’re on now?”

Sarah is looking to reassure me when she says, “It has nothing to do with you,” but she’s not convincing.

I’d say it had everything to do with me. I practically jumped out of my skin when her mother banged on the window and then screeched like a banshee until Sarah got out of the car.

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