“Hey, Jasmine.”
“Hey, Raff. Are you gonna be around for dinner tonight?”
“Not likely, why?”
“Mom’s acting weird, and so is Dad.”
That probably had to do with me, but I didn’t want to tell Jasmine anything yet. For all I knew, Alexandra would stick to the idea that we had to go our separate ways because of her education or because I was prospecting. After that kiss, there was no way she’d mean a word of it, but I still didn’t want to end up with egg on my face, especially not with my younger sister.
“Don’t worry about it, Jazz. They act weird all the time. I’ll be around tomorrow.”
“I heard you picked up Alexandra. Is she all right?”
I clenched my teeth and forced myself not to think about the bruising on her face. “She was banged up, but she seemed much better on the drive back to her apartment this morning.”
“Oh. I didn’t know you drove her back.”
“I did. Is there anything else? I gotta check in with the brothers, they don’t give prospects a ton of free time,” I semi-lied.
“No. If you talk to Alexandra before I do, tell her I’m glad she’s okay.”
“I’ll do that, but you can text her.”
“Yeah, I’ll do that, too. Ride safe, Raff.”
I ended the call and pulled up Cal’s contact. Even if it earned me Blood’s wrath since he was sponsoring me as a prospect, I owed it to Cal to talk to him first.
“Raff, everything okay?”
“It is now.”
“What’s that mean?” Cal asked, his tone steely.
I quickly told him about Brantley having a key to the apartment, but not being there to gather a bag for Ines.
“Then what the fuck was he there for?”
Shit.
“He never said, and frankly, I was more concerned that he give back the key and I forgot to ask.”
“Did he give back the key?”
“No, so I helped Lex change the locks and the doorknob.”
Cal scoffed. “She didn’t need your help.”
“Yeah, she mentioned that, too.” I sighed. “I hate that I didn’t tell you about my plan yesterday or this morning, but I’ve asked Alexandra to give me a shot.”
The line went silent. Tension built along my shoulders.
“Cal? Are you there?”
He sighed. “Yeah. Not exactly surprised… Mallory saw you napping in Alexandra’s bed.”
I hesitated for a beat. “Sorry about that, she had a nightmare. Um, do we have problems?”
Cal kept quiet for another lengthy moment. “If you hurt her, I’m going to kick your ass until you wish you didn’t have an ass for me to kick.”
