Chapter 22: A Visitor
I’m not mad at Dan. I have to keep telling myself this, it’s not his fault my dad wanted his help…what could he do? He doesn’t have it in him to say no, and that wouldn’t have gone over well at all. You don’t say no to my dad. I’ve never done it, and Ray’s not that stupid nor Caitlin that brave. It’s just something you don’t do.
So this irritation that spreads through me like an infection, it’s not directed towards my lover. Even when the minutes turn into hours and I stop looking up every time I hear footsteps out in the hall because I know it’s not going to be him, even then it’s not his fault. It’s my dad’s for snagging Dan away from me. It’s Penny’s for keeping us in the hall so long. It’s my mom’s for the argument in the kitchen that sent me storming out. Hell,
