“Mia decided to go to a party, because she was left alone,” Gray snapped.
“And if she hadn’t been alone and stubborn, she would have been in the apartment on her own,” I countered.
“Or,” Gray growled at me, “you would have been with her, and they may not have broken in.”
“To break in another day, you mean?” I snarked back at him.
“He’s right,” Quinn cut off Gray’s retort. “They’re probably watching. We need to assume they knew she was gone and Ash wasn’t around.”
“Is all my stuff gone?” I asked as I held Gray’s glare.
“Laptop is, everything else is trashed,” Jett spoke beside me. “Please tell me all the backups are here.”
I turned to him in surprise. “You haven’t checked?”
“Of course I checked, I just don’t know if you make copies.”
Scratching my head, I nodded. “I do, but they’re not accessible.”
“Which means what?” Jett asked me curiously.
“Onyx has them,” I told him.
“Oh, right.”
“I also have decoy laptops, the one that was there is completely blank. It has one document on it, and it’s Red’s assignment.” Leaning back, I looked between the three of them. “Why was she with Denzel?”
“Who cares?” Gray bit out. “Why were you at home?”
“I wanted a break,” I told him easily.
“From?”
“Here.”
“You are so full of shit—”
“Did you relapse?” Jett asked me quietly, cutting his brother off.
“I just wanted to go home.” Standing, I paced a little. “I’m tired and I wanted my own bed.” They both stared at me, and I struggled to meet their questioning gazes. “Will you both quit it?”
“You don’t need to be ashamed.” Jett watched me closely, and I knew these stubborn bastards wouldn’t stop.
“Yes, okay?Fine. I binged, I ate the contents of my mom’s fridge, including Tilly’s chocolate milk, which she will not forgive me for. Then about twenty minutes later, I threw it all up. You happy now?”
Quinn got off the bed and stretched. “Okay. Downstairs. We need to put something in your stomach.”
“I don’t want to eat,” I protested sullenly.
“Which is exactly why youwilleat.” She held her hand out like she had so many times before, and I reached for it automatically. She glanced at the twins, and her look was stern. “Back off, get ready for bed. Ash is here and he’s fine.”
Two identical stares watched me before Jett nodded slightly. “We’ll see you in a little bit,” he said quietly.
Chapter 16: Ash
Quinn and I went to the kitchen, and I took a seat as she looked at the fridge. “I’m going to make an egg white omelet with some spinach. You need it in your stomach, or else when you eat tomorrow, your stomach is going to protest.”
As she busied herself in the kitchen, she handed me a glass of apple juice. “Drink it all.”
