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Yeah , right. Anyway , it ' s still getting sent to the DA ' s office for review. Apparently it ' s not only up to him what happens.
I ' m sitting in the waiting room chair when Mom runs in , pulling me into a hug.
I don ' t hug her back.
" Jaden! Why in the world would you talk to him like that? You know how he gets ," she whispers as she sits next to me.
" Is it true? "
Her silence tells me it is. A million questions bear down on me. How? Who? Why? But I don ' t ask any of them.
" I called Courtney. I didn ' t tell her everything that ' s going on , but she said you ' re welcome to stay with Sebastian until you guys leave. "
This makes my head whip around to face her. " You ' re kicking me out? " It ' s not like I want to go home anyway , but how can she do this? After everything , how can she choose him? How can she stay with a man who treats her , and her son , like garbage?
Her voice is even softer when she speaks again. " I don ' t think it would be a good idea to put you guys in the same house again. You ' re leaving in a couple weeks anyway ... "
And then , I have no idea where the words come from. I ' m angry and hurt , but I also don ' t want to be alone. I don ' t want to leave her with him. " Come with me. I don ' t have to go to New York. We can go anywhere. "
She cocks her head , tears pooling in her eyes , and I know damn well she ' d rather be there with him than anywhere with me.
The list of people who feel that way is piling up.
" Jaden ... I love him. You ' re grown up. You have your life , and he ' s mine. I know it doesn ' t make sense , but he loves me , too. The things he said last night were only spoken out of anger . Things will be easier now ... for both you and me. I want that for you. "
She means thing s will be easier for her. She wants that for her . Her life with him will be better when I ' m not around.
" What if he hurts you? " My voice actually cracks and it pisses me off.
" He won ' t. "
Because the reminder of the one time he didn ' t have control over her will be gone?
" I don ' t know who I am without him , Jaden. "
This is so far from funny , but I can ' t stop myself from laughing. " Maybe it ' s time you find out. "
My words hit me. I ' m not who I thought I was , either. I ' m not Mike Sinclair ' s son; I ' m just the bastard kid he hates. I haven ' t been Pris ' s best friend since last summer. Sebastian and Aspen don ' t need me following them around anymore either.
What do I know about myself? I ' m the mooch , the loser , the guy who broke Pris ' s heart , the one she doesn ' t want to be there for her.
Yeah , totally not a prize winner. Not like I ever thought I was.
" I need you to do one thing for me , Mom. One thing and I ' m gone. "
***
I lie to Mom and tell her Sebastian is on his way to pick me up from the station , which actually , could be true if she called Courtney. She hugs me , cries , playing the caring Mom routine pretty well. It can ' t be true , though. If she did care , she definitely wouldn ' t be choosing that asshole over me.
I plop back down into the ugly , brown chair. I have no idea what I ' m going to do. I swear it can ' t be more than thirty seconds after she walks out that my eyes dart toward the door of the waiting room. Pris is standing about ten feet away from me. She ' s wearing a pair of pajama bottoms and a hoodie , al though it ' s too hot to be wearing it. Her hair is tied back in a messy ponytail . Courtney must have told Sebastian what happened . He probably called Pris and she rolled right out of bed to come here.
I ' m going to kill him.
With no other option , I push to my feet and walk over to her. " Hey ... " The awkwardness between us is so screwed up. It ' s not supposed to be this way with my friends. It ' s the one thing I ' ve always been able to count on.
" Hey ... I got your hat. You dropped it when ... "
Yeah ... When . I still can ' t think about Craig without wanting to lose it. " Thanks. " I take it
I ' m sitting in the waiting room chair when Mom runs in , pulling me into a hug.
I don ' t hug her back.
" Jaden! Why in the world would you talk to him like that? You know how he gets ," she whispers as she sits next to me.
" Is it true? "
Her silence tells me it is. A million questions bear down on me. How? Who? Why? But I don ' t ask any of them.
" I called Courtney. I didn ' t tell her everything that ' s going on , but she said you ' re welcome to stay with Sebastian until you guys leave. "
This makes my head whip around to face her. " You ' re kicking me out? " It ' s not like I want to go home anyway , but how can she do this? After everything , how can she choose him? How can she stay with a man who treats her , and her son , like garbage?
Her voice is even softer when she speaks again. " I don ' t think it would be a good idea to put you guys in the same house again. You ' re leaving in a couple weeks anyway ... "
And then , I have no idea where the words come from. I ' m angry and hurt , but I also don ' t want to be alone. I don ' t want to leave her with him. " Come with me. I don ' t have to go to New York. We can go anywhere. "
She cocks her head , tears pooling in her eyes , and I know damn well she ' d rather be there with him than anywhere with me.
The list of people who feel that way is piling up.
" Jaden ... I love him. You ' re grown up. You have your life , and he ' s mine. I know it doesn ' t make sense , but he loves me , too. The things he said last night were only spoken out of anger . Things will be easier now ... for both you and me. I want that for you. "
She means thing s will be easier for her. She wants that for her . Her life with him will be better when I ' m not around.
" What if he hurts you? " My voice actually cracks and it pisses me off.
" He won ' t. "
Because the reminder of the one time he didn ' t have control over her will be gone?
" I don ' t know who I am without him , Jaden. "
This is so far from funny , but I can ' t stop myself from laughing. " Maybe it ' s time you find out. "
My words hit me. I ' m not who I thought I was , either. I ' m not Mike Sinclair ' s son; I ' m just the bastard kid he hates. I haven ' t been Pris ' s best friend since last summer. Sebastian and Aspen don ' t need me following them around anymore either.
What do I know about myself? I ' m the mooch , the loser , the guy who broke Pris ' s heart , the one she doesn ' t want to be there for her.
Yeah , totally not a prize winner. Not like I ever thought I was.
" I need you to do one thing for me , Mom. One thing and I ' m gone. "
***
I lie to Mom and tell her Sebastian is on his way to pick me up from the station , which actually , could be true if she called Courtney. She hugs me , cries , playing the caring Mom routine pretty well. It can ' t be true , though. If she did care , she definitely wouldn ' t be choosing that asshole over me.
I plop back down into the ugly , brown chair. I have no idea what I ' m going to do. I swear it can ' t be more than thirty seconds after she walks out that my eyes dart toward the door of the waiting room. Pris is standing about ten feet away from me. She ' s wearing a pair of pajama bottoms and a hoodie , al though it ' s too hot to be wearing it. Her hair is tied back in a messy ponytail . Courtney must have told Sebastian what happened . He probably called Pris and she rolled right out of bed to come here.
I ' m going to kill him.
With no other option , I push to my feet and walk over to her. " Hey ... " The awkwardness between us is so screwed up. It ' s not supposed to be this way with my friends. It ' s the one thing I ' ve always been able to count on.
" Hey ... I got your hat. You dropped it when ... "
Yeah ... When . I still can ' t think about Craig without wanting to lose it. " Thanks. " I take it
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