He was impossible. Living with him was going to be impossible. They put me in this impossible situation while they played house in the big house, and I got stuck with Goliath in my apartment.
I needed to practice, but more importantly, I needed Ava. She would understand this craziness; she had kind of dealt with the insanity that was a result of being involved with a Devil. I mean, Jett was great and all, but he was really intense, and Ava just . . . wasn’t. It had taken her a few weeks to acclimate to Jett, and I knew she still struggled with his crazy possessiveness.
Grabbing my phone, I was opening my recent calls when I got an incoming call. Mom. Drat.
“Hey, Mama,” I answered with false cheer.
“Mia, did you use the credit card again?”
No greeting, nohow are you, just right in there. “Yeah, you said I could.”
“I did?” She sounded worried.
“What’s wrong?” I asked, already knowing the answer as I sat on the edge of my bed.
“Nothing.”
I could hear the distraction in her voice, and I swallowed before I spoke. “Royalty check late?”
“Yes, I told them I needed it by the first.”
“Of November?”
“No, Mia, of January, of course of November,” she snapped.
“Geez Louise, calm down.”
“Don’t be smart,” Mom reprimanded me.
“Sorry.” My tone was contrite, but I was already wishing she would get off the phone.
“You need to get a job.”
My mouth dropped open. “Why?”
“How am I supposed to pay for your school, your clothes, your food, and you do nothing?”
“Um, because you told me you had saved for this and that your checks would cover it? Because you also told me I could go to school,thisschool, and not rack up student debts.”
“Well, I was wrong,” Mom said casually.
“Mama, you can’t tell me mid-semester in my sophomore year that you werewrong, and we need a new plan!” I tried to keep my tone even, as Mom didn’t like me to raise my voice.
“I can do what I want, I’m your mother, get a job, stop using the card.” She hung up on me.
I immediately called Ava.
“Hey, Mee.” Ava sounded so incredibly cheerful that I couldn’t tell her what my mom had just told me.
“Hey, you good?”
“Will you hate me if I say yes?” Ava asked me.
“Why would I hate you?” Lying back on my bed, I closed my eyes.
“Because I’m being shitty and selfish?”
“Ava, don’t be silly,” I scolded her. “Your boyfriend is insanely hot, but he’s also insane, you know, just in case you forgot. We both know you had no choice, and his twin’s about three million times worse. It’s fine. I’m glad you’re settling in.”
