I get up, walking towards the apartment door. “No, and even if he was, it’s none of your business. Grow the fuck up.” God, I wish hewould just admit that this is his fault. Not mine, and certainly not Charlie’s.
When I open the door, Lisette stands on the other side.
“Hi, Christopher.” She says, her face hidden in her hood like usual. “May I come in?”
“Uhhh, yeah…sure.” I step aside.
“Thank you.” She looks around, spotting Tyson. “Oh good, you’re here too. I’ll make this quick, I simply wanted to give you both an update on the council situation.”
“Come on in, feel free to have a seat.” Tyson chimes in, his earlier animosity gone.
“No, thank you. I’ll only take a minute of your time.” She replies. “I wanted to let you know that the situation with the council has been cleared up. The members who were using their positions for their own gains have been removed. You two, as well as Charlie, should now be safe from their reach.”
The color drains out of Tyson’s face, and his smile falls. Odd. At the same time, I beam at Lisette.
“That’s fucking great!” I clap my hands together. “You got that cleared up super quick, Lis.”
“It’s Lisette, please.” She corrects. “And yes, once their little scheme was revealed it didn’t take long to stomp it out, so to speak. Anyway, that’s all the news I have. You should all be able to go proceed with your normal lives. Thanks for your patience with the matter. I’ll be on my way.”
Lisette leaves as swiftly as she came. Tyson sits still, looking off into space.
“You’re acting weird.” I comment, shutting the door behind Lisette.
This snaps Tyson out of his daze. “It’s fine, I’m fine. Let’s uhh…let’s continue our talk another time, yeah?” He abruptly stands up, walking back to his own bedroom.
What a weird fucking day.
Kip: nah, idunno. i think he’s mad bc he fucked up and wont admit it.
Chapter Thirty
Charlie
Game Night
Charlie: I’m having a game night with my friends…do you think you maybe want to come meet them?
Now that I’m dating Kip, I’m realizing he’s kind of isolated. I’m an introvert and not at all social, and yet I have more close friends than he does. He’s such an outgoing guy, but it’s almost like Tyson took up all his social time, and he never had the chance to really connect with anyone else. And I almost think that isolating Kip was intentional on Tyson’s part, based on how he has acted about Kip dating me.
Kip doesn’t think that Tyson feels anything but friendship, albeit possessive and super controlling friendship. I don’t buy that. I’ve never in my life had a friend that was that upset about me becoming friends with other people. That isn’t normal. And let’s say I’m right and Tyson does have romantic feelings for Kip…even then how possessive he is isn’t normal. That’s a big fucking red flag. Tyson himself is a walking red flag. I think that Kip is starting to see that too, which is good. But, he needs to surround himself with other people, needs to make new friends.
Hence, game night.
Kip: wut kinda games? strip poker? ;)
Charlie: Yeah…no…nobody but me gets to see you naked. We usually play co-op board games, like Zombicide.
Kip: no idea wut that means but, sure. as long as i get to spend time w/ u.
My smile is straight up goofy when Kip confirms that he’ll come with me tonight. It’ll be good for us.
Charlie: I’m bringing a plus one tonight.
Fae: Oooooohhhh. Is it your soulmate? Are we finally going to get to meet him?
Tommy: Idunno…is he cool enough for our circle?
Lukas: Please tell me he’s hot.
