Chapter 24

"He is my stepdad, and my mother is dead. Of course, we are awkward because, in theory, we have no reason to be in each other's life anymore, but in practice, things are a bit more muddled, so awkward is our middle ground. Now, please, drop it. I don't want to talk about it." It is so easy to lie by omission.

I am not exactly lying, but it is not the full truth anyway. We are awkward because we fucked and then he basically called me a child and said I should stay away from him because I can't control my emotions as well as he can. But he still wants to mess around with me on his own terms and shit. So yeah, of course, we are fucking awkward around each other in public.

"Okay, okay. I am sorry. I was just teasing around." Ashley puts her hand up. I glare at her and she tickles my feet.

"Yeah right." I go back to my phone.

"But, Charlotte has been going around with an explanation for the awkwardness." Ashley says cautiously after a few seconds of silence.

"Look