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“Yes, ma’am. I’ll probably be over there for a while.”

“Good, you two need to spend more time together. I don’t know how you think you’re going to get a ring when you’re always off doing God knows what with God knows who,” she chides.

I roll my eyes and ignore her. I’m trying my best to figure things out. The pressure she’s been placing me under isn’t helping.

I haven’t spoken to JR since he left to head back to school. However, he’s still sending me money. He’s been sending me a weekly allowance for about three years now.

I haven’t had to get a job because he spoils me. Cam never tells me no either. My lifestyle hasn’t taken a hit since Daddy nearly lost everything.

We were all able to take a sigh of relief when his business partner Howell took the fall for everything. It was all his doing in the first place—at least, that’s what Daddy says.

I step outside right as Cam pulls up. I run to the car before my mama can step out of the house and drive us both crazy.Smiling, I wave at Cal and Kota in the backseat. I then slide into the front seat next to Cam.

“Hey,” I say and lean in to kiss his cheek.

“Hey,” he says and reaches to tuck my hair behind my ear before kissing my forehead.

I take a deep breath to inhale his cologne. His scent is so comforting and familiar to me. So many memories are connected to that scent.

Settling in my seat, I go to click my seat belt into place. As I pull the belt across me, something grabs my attention. I pick up the gold piece of jewelry off the seat and cup it in my hand.

Peeking at Cam out of the side of my eye, I make sure his eyes are focused on the road. Once I confirm he’s not paying attention to me, I open my hand and look down at the bracelet in my palm.

It’s a pretty gold bracelet that clearly belongs to a female. I close my hand and sit stewing. Jemma told me Cam would explore.

I shouldn’t be mad, but maybe this is a sign. He’s no different from me. If Cam is seeing someone else, can he be mad at me for JR?

CHAPTER 23

Turning Tables

Cameron

A week later …

“Do you want some popcorn?” I ask Kay as we stand in line for the concession stand at the movie theater.

She glances at me and rolls her eyes. I sigh and order an extra popcorn for her and some of those candies she likes. I’m trying.

I don’t feel guilty for the reason she’s angry with me. In all honesty, it’s bullshit. Kay found Amina’s bracelet in my car after I gave her that ride to campus.

I picked Kay up after I left the diner with Cal and Kota. On the way to the apartment, she found it. Because Cal and my cousin were in the back seat, she sat stewing until we were alone in my room.

That was the beginning of the fight we’ve been having for the last week. I say fight and not fights because it’s been the samefight every time. For the last week, she’s brought it up every chance she gets.

She even accused me of forcing Caleb to go to that party because I wanted to see whoever the bracelet belonged to. Granted, Amina was there, but I hadn’t known she was going to be there until after we arrived and I saw her. As per usual, we kept our distance from each other.

I don’t blame Amina. The clasp was broken, making me believe it got caught on something and snapped. I don’t even know if she realizes it’s gone. We haven’t had much time to meet up lately.

“Can I have a slush drink?” Kay murmurs when I go to finish up my order.

“Yeah, anything else?”

“No, I’m fine.”

I nod and ask for the slush. As the guy hurries off to make our order, I place my hand on Kay’s back and pull her closer. She stiffens at first, bringing a frown to my face. I’m not going to keep arguing over something I didn’t do.

What are we arguing about? She has been accusing me of cheating. I’ve never cheated on her.

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