“Yep.”Unfortunately, I do.
“Is that why you called?” he asks, already knowing the answer.
“It is. I wanted to ask if she was okay, but I can’t call her.”
“Why? Her number’s the same.”
“She blocked me.”
“No way.” Cade bursts out laughing and I wince. He hit a nerve.
“Way,” I respond, my voice dripping in sarcasm.God, I wish I was there to punch him.
Cade hums and I can picture his amused expression. “Good for her. Consider this a proud big brother moment. When did she do that?”
“Seven years ago.”
“What?” He pauses for a beat, and while the truth stings, the break gives me time to preemptively roll my eyes, despite the fact he can’t see me. “Wow,” he overexaggerates. “Well, there you go. I always thought she was upset over you leaving.”
Fuck. I wince again. “Shewas.” But that’s not the only reason she blocked me.
“I—” Cade starts to say more but I don’t let him. That’s not why I called.
“How’s she doing?”
“Not great, but she had a feeling it was coming, after you—”
“Put a guy on life support? Yeah, I get it. You know it was an accident, right?”
“Yep. That doesn’t make it any easier on Blair.”
“Fuck. I know. I should go and see her.”
“Nope.”
“Nope?”
“You need to let her deal with this herself. If she wants to speak to you, she’ll unblock you and make the call.”
“Yeah, that’s not going to happen.”
“Then you’ve got your answer.”
I sigh. Loudly. Not bothering to hide it. “You’re a dick sometimes. You better be looking out for her.”
“Always. But you know what? She wants me to look out foryou. And here I was thinking the two of you were only friends because of me.”
My chest tightens but I ignore it. “You’ve already admitted you didn’t believe that. I’m hanging up.”
“Wait. I love you, man. I’m worried about you too.”
“Don’t be. I’m fine.”
“Yeah, yeah. I knew you’d say that.”
“Then we’re good. Take care of Blair.” I hang up as he’s saying something else, but it doesn’t take a genius to figure out what.He will. Only he’s lying. Because Blair won’t let him. She proved that when she asked him to look after me.
Cade’s right though. I need to let her handle this the way she wants to. But fuck, it’s going to be hard.
