The door slams shut, making me jump slightly, and I'm left feeling hurt and pissed off. He hardly said bye. I turn to look to Claire. "What the fuck was that?" "What?" she says as she coats the cake with icing. "What do you mean what? Are you an interrogator now?" "You act like you didn't want to know." "Yeah, but when he's ready to tell me. Not by you asking him a thousand questions and making him uncomfortable." "Why is he uncomfortable? Is he hiding something?" She pushes her hair out of her face. "Since when did you become the one with trust issues?" I ask. "I just think it's crazy. I mean, you never talk about your past and then you end up with someone just like you." "Oh my God." I throw my hands up. "This again?" She stops icing the cake and looks at me. I lean back against the counter and look down at the floor of our small kitchen. I know she just wants to know, but she doesn't understand. Whatever he's hiding, I'm sure he has a reason for it. Just like I do. I slipped in front of him earlier. I let my guard down and called my stepdad a sick fuck and Colby let it go. He didn't push me. He didn't keep on until I had no choice but to kick him out. "Claire, sometimes things happen." I focus back on her. "It splits your life. There's a before and an after. Maybe he's trying to forget the before. Maybe just like me, he wants to move on and not talk about it." "But it doesn't make it go away," she says. "Maybe not." I push off the counter. "But it makes it fucking easier to ignore."
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Dare Me (Dare Me Series Book 1)
RomanceAlexis recently ends a relationship with her boyfriend Mark. Her best friend's Claire and Brennen drag her out to the club one night. Colby and Alexis catch each others eye in the club. What will happen? They both have dark past's...Will they be ab...
