Page 25 of Hey, Daddy

But with my parents literally dictating—and eventually Shasha, too—my personal life, and my health dictating my physical body, my whole entire soul had been tired.

My soul was still tired, and I’d known about my type 1 diagnosis for going on ten years now.

So no, my response to my health wasn’t what it should be.

This was something I could live with. I knew it.

I just didn’t fucking want to.

Was that so fucking bad?

I was allowed to have a bad attitude, dammit!

“Yes, Shasha,” I lied.

I’d keep up with it…today.

Maybe I’d address it if I started to feel bad. Maybe I’d have to go to the damn hospital.

Who knew?

My only saving grace was that none of my family was on my medical records. They didn’t know that I had a fake ID and I used it religiously. Or that I didn’t have any of them listed as my medical emergency contacts so that if I did find myself in the hospital, they wouldn’t know.

It was a pretty sucky thing to do but…yeah. I was living life how I wanted to live it.

I checked my numbers and rolled my eyes. Now it was high.

Of course it was.

Because my body was a dick bag.

I shot myself up with some insulin—I refused to have a freakin’ machine connected to me that gave me the doses because I was a self-harmer—and gathered my things.

“Sure you won’t take a guard?” Brecken whispered.

“Very,” I said.

“Call us if you need anything.” She patted my hand.

I blew her a kiss, then came to a stop at the front door when I realized I didn’t have a vehicle anymore.

I grimaced and said, “Do you care if I use your old car?”

She smiled. “I knew that I forced him to let me keep it for a reason.”

She hurried to the kitchen and disappeared around a corner.

She came back moments later with a set of keys.

I had to laugh because it’d been a hot minute since I’d had to use an actual key.

“Do you think that I could take the doors off?” I teased.

“Absolutely.” Her eyes sparkled. “But you have to watch the weather.”

“It’s also freezing cold,” my brother’s dark voice grumbled from behind me.

I flashed Brecken a grin and hauled ass to her Jeep.

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