“I’ll call him.” He slid his phone out and I gasped.
“I waskidding.” He grinned and I scoffed. “You’re such a jerk.”
“Iwillcall him, baby, if you want me to take another hit. I deserve it and you’re worth it.”
“Stop calling me ‘baby.’” I sighed. “I have to figure this out for myself.”
“Can I stay?”
“No.”
“We have a lot to talk about. Let’s do that now. Sort it out entirely. Then you can make an educated decision once and for all.”
“We have nothing to talk about. You’ve lied to me from the beginning. Yourfriendshave lied to me from the beginning. I don’t even know their names.” I pushed off his lap. “Get Katie back up here, Gio, um, Razor. Whatever your name is.”
“Waverly—”
“How much do I owe you for the groceries?”
“Nothing. My treat.”
“Thank you.” I bit back even more tears. “I’ll transfer your care to Kelsey. She’s very good. She trained me. You’ll like her.”
“Don’t bother,” he bit out, pushing to his feet. “I’ll figure something else out.”
I pressed my lips into a thin line and nodded.
Katie arrived quickly and the second they walked out the door, I sank to the floor and sobbed, my heart shattering in a thousand pieces.
* * *
Razor
“I take it things didn’t go well,” Katie deduced as we headed onto the freeway.
“We’re done,” I said.
“Done, done? Like broken up?”
“Technically, we weren’t really together,” I pointed out.
“Oh, buddy, I’m so sorry.”
I dragged my hands down my face. “I fucked up, Kate, and there’s nothing I can do to fix it.”
“No, I don’t think there is.” She reached over and squeezed my hand. “I’m really sorry.”
I nodded, staring out the window, appreciating the fact that Kate left me to my maudlin thoughts as she drove me back to Hatch and Maisie’s.
The next day, I went home.
Razor
AWEEK LATER, I heard the key in my lock and my door open. “Gio?”
Fuck. Mom.
“Tesoro?”
