Roxie was faster.She swiped the keys and stepped away.She wiped her cheeks with the back of her hand.“Sorry, sis, but I’ve had all the family I can stand.I need some downtime.”
Lexie looked dismayed.“From me?”
She flinched when the remote bleeped, signaling it was unlocking the doors, and Cam watched her with concern.
“And I thought I’d been dealt the bad hand with the foster care system.”Shaking her head, Roxie got behind the wheel.
Cam pulled Lexie aside as the silver Acura whipped into reverse.It came to an abrupt halt before bucking back into gear.With a squeal, the car shot down the private road.
Lexie watched it go, her shoulders slumped.Not even the pain was there anymore.She looked numb, and that was the worst thing for her.
Cam just wanted to hit something, mainly Julian Underhill.At least with her anger, she’d had something to hold on to.
Determinedly, he started leading her to his vehicle only a few feet away.He didn’t care where Roxie went or what she did.He was taking Lexie home.He knew something she could hold on to.
Him.
One way or another, he was going to get her to feel something.
Lexie’s hangover was back, it had to be.Her head hurt, her body ached, and her stomach felt raw.There wasn’t anything she could do about it, though.So why try?
She stared blindly through the windshield as Cam drove along Cobalt City’s streets.They were back downtown, but she didn’t know where they were going and didn’t really care.
“Have you eaten anything today?”
“No.”Food was the last thing on her radar screen.
He braked at a red light.“Are you hungry?”
She sighed.“No.”
He raked a hand through his dark hair.“Is there anything you want?Anything you need?”
Her twin.The truth.A time machine so she could go back and undo all that had been done.“No.”
“Damn it, Lexie.Don’t do this.”
“Do what?”
“Shut down.”Taking a right, he swung into an underground garage.
She looked around half-heartedly.Was this where he went when he wasn’t at work?Did he ever stop working?
He parked and grabbed his keys.“Come on.”
She got out of the passenger side and closed the door with a click.He was waiting for her near the tailgate with a hard expression on his face.She paused momentarily.What didhehave to be angry about?
It didn’t matter, she supposed.She fell in beside him when he started for the elevator.He caught her hand, but she didn’t hold him back.Why should she?People always let her go eventually.
“Don’t let them do this to you,” he said as he jabbed the call button.
Hadn’t it already been done?
Pulling her inside the elevator, he hit the button for the penthouse.
Lexie looked at the glowing light.Stared at it, really.“What is it with you people and the need for the top floor?”
“I know you don’t like heights.”
