Page 116 of Wicked Promises (Fallen Royals 3)
“Stop.” I pause. My headache has come back full force, pounding behind my eyes. I blink a few times, trying to just see clearly enough to focus on her. “This is fucked up. You should call the police to help you.”
She lifts her chin. “Right.”
I shake my head. “Yeah, right. Okay. Bye, Mother.”
Eli’s already in the truck by the time I get there. Warm air blasts out of the vents, which just goes to show how long we were inside—the truck hadn’t even had time to get cold.
“That’s messed up,” Eli says. He catches me rubbing my eyes again. “Concussion headache?”
He would know. Last year, he and another lacrosse player collided. Knocked him out cold, which was an automatic ambulance ride. He was dizzy for a week.
“Yeah, or a tension one.” I force a laugh, dropping my hands into my lap. “School is going to be fun.”
“We’re leaving early, right? I love skipping last period. It’s just a freaking study hall.”
“I miss driving my own car,” I grumble. “But, yes. We’re going to see Margo’s dad.”
Eli hums. “Bet he’ll be interested to know that someone took his wife.”
“Ex-wife?” I glance at him. “They got divorced, I think.”
“Oh. You don’t seem overly concerned that she’s gone.”
“I’m not.” I sigh. “I should’ve blamed her from the beginning. You know, because it’s really her fault that everything happened. Instead, my uncle twisted my view on the subject.”
His lessons involved making me hate my best friend.
We get home in time for me to slip back downstairs and steal another kiss from Margo, make sure she’s awake, and then head to school. My stomach churns the entire day. Eli must say something to Liam and Theo, because they don’t ask. If anything, they double their efforts to keep people away from me.
Savannah comes up to me at lunch. Well, she tries to.
“Your girlfriend is fucking crazy,” she spits.
Theo chuckles, and she takes a step back. She’s a dog with a lot of bark, but no bite.
Easy to rule her out as Unknown.
That, and she’s not Theo’s biggest fan. Never has been, probably never will be. Thanks to Amelie’s sister…
Still, I perk up. “What did she do?”
“She threatened me!” She tries to push past Eli, but he won’t budge. “What? I can’t have a conversation with him?”
“You’re an evil bitch,” Eli retorts. “So… no.”
“Wonder how fast Amelie would come back if we called her up and told her the whole school had forgotten about her little… incident?” Theo asks. “We could call her and find out—”
“Ugh!” Savannah shrieks.
I smile, and she storms away.
“Two peas in a freaking nuthouse,” Theo says, shaking his head. “Not sure which is worse—Amelie or Savannah.”
“Where did Amelie go, by the way?” Liam nudges Theo and grins.
Theo just glowers at him. “Away, I’ve heard.”
“The pretty little princess couldn’t handle the shitty rumors.” Eli laughs. He grabs his lunch tray. “She’s finishing the semester at home.”