Chapter 116

"I mean it, Cecilia. My answer will not change and I will sue you if you go ahead and use my name for anything in relation to that event without my express permission." Linc's voice is hard and unyielding. My toes have gone cold. I want to be anywhere else but here with my mother's friend subtly accusing me of fucking my stepfather or legal guardian or whatever the fuck they see us as. I wish the Tyler thing never happened because then I would still be staying at my apartment across town with Ashley. At least, I wouldn't be subject to this kind of mental torture.

"Amelia, darling. Won't you be a doll and see me to the door?" Cecilia says, her plastic smile stretching her tight face. She looks terrifying. Linc looks at me and I don't miss the slight panic in his eyes.

I heard Cecilia but I don't process her request till she is standing over me, eyes boring into my soul, waiting. I stutter something unintelligible and stand up, frozen as an icicle.

I glance at Linc. It is n