He’s…there.
He doesn’t look at me like I’m the light in his sky.
“You should be with a man who would swim through a flood to get to you.”
Ugh.
Get out of my head, Tristan Stone.
The fact that you don’t understand why I’m hurt is part of the issue. I’m not mad, I never was, just really hurt that I was stranded and you didn’t really care. Look, I’m tired. I’m upset. I’ll call you tomorrow and we can talk more.
Jeremy
So no breakfast?
Every day he comes to the farm before work. He lives alone, and my momma told him that every man should eat a hearty meal before he starts the day. So, yeah, he’s here to eat the food.
No. I’m sure the roads will still be a mess.
Passive-aggressive much? Yes. Do I care? Not a bit.
I go to put my phone down when it buzzes again.
Tristan
Should I expect some sort of retribution from your family for letting you walk back?
I smile, feeling a tingle in my stomach.
I’m going to pretend it’s gas.
You’ll be happy to know that they are completely unaware it was you who brought me back. My brothers were pretty drunk when I got in and asked no questions. Well, they asked a few, and I just explained that the tire blew, and that my dumbass brother is who took the spare out of the back, which required me to be rescued by a stranger. I reminded them that taking the damn spare out is a bad idea for reasons like this. I did tell them I called Jeremy, but he couldn’t come, which they had some stuff to say about, but I stopped listening.
Probably way more than he was looking for, but whatever.
Tristan
We need to stop this.
My stomach drops at that. Stop this? What are we stopping?
Umm…
Tristan
I don’t like agreeing with your brothers.
I laugh and flip onto my back, staring at the phone. That seriously could’ve gone another way.
I’m sure it can’t be fun for you. Unfortunately, I think you’ll soon realize we’re a pretty smart family.
Tristan
Absolutely not.
Could it be that all this time, the Stones were the ones who are the issue?
The response comes a second later.
