Page 56 of On The Edge
I don’t know what to say to that.
“And thank you for caring. I think.” He turns from me and climbs into the car in the span of a breath, leaving the door open for me as he climbs into the back row.
What the hell just happened?
“Come on, love,” Kai calls from the car, big, knowing smile on his face, and his hand outstretched for me like a question. I look at him, then look at Reis in the back.
He’s so deep in thought, gazing out the window, his chin resting on his hand.
Maybe I can show him just how wrong he is about me, about what happened back then.
Maybe him being so confused means he’s not as soulless as I thought.
FOURTEEN
She doesn’t makeany sense.
She left us. Used us. But the minute Kai’s in danger, I watched her throw away her chance to get away from us to make sure Kai was safe.
Adam and Markus swear up and down that I was wrong about what happened. Kai, my closest confidant to all things Melody, the one that I thought would back me up no matter what because he wasthereandheardher say those life-changing words with his own ears… He was willing to fight me to protect her honor. It’s really got me thinking.
What have I missed?
The drive back to the penthouse is annoying because they’re cuddled up the whole time. Melody, nestled into Kai’s side as he kisses her head, breathes her in, whispers softly to her.
God, I want to snap at them and rip his hands off.
But then I remember how her face looked when she started having a panic attack because she couldn’t get over Kai potentially dying. So I keep my mouth shut.
What am I going to do?
“When we get home, we have four hours of rehearsal. You can stay in the apartment,” I say, breaking the awkward silence.
“When can we get my laptop and stuff? I need to work.”
“You can use mine for the time being. I’ll send Louis to get it.”
Melody turns to look at me, both hands holding onto the seat between us. “I really don’t think he’ll like that.”
“He’s our manager, he can delegate to his assistant if he wants. But he does what we say.” I shrug. “You need your computer. Especially now.”
“What does that mean?” She asks, narrowing her eyes at me. I don’t know how she’s going to react when I tell her that she works exclusively for us now. Another problem for another day.
“Don’t worry about it.” I face the window, and breathe a sigh of relief when I see how close we are to the penthouse.
It’s already been a long fucking day.
“You’re 27 minutes late,oh fearless leader,” Markus smirks when Kai and I walk into our rehearsal space. We rent out the entire floor underneath the penthouse. It’s become our rehearsal space and our home gym, plus it gives us a little bit of a buffer if we need time apart.
Markus stands in his usual spot, tuning his guitar as he plays a few chords softly. Adam’s sitting on his stool, messing around on his phone while they wait for us.
“You bitched and bitched about being on time and that wehadto practice, yet, you are so late. The fuck, man?” Adam snaps. Well damn, he’s clearly still pissed off at me.
“It’s my fault, guys.” Kai steps forward, pulling off his shirt, taking his usual spot and grabbing his bass.
Adam groans in frustration, looking up at the ceiling.
“I take it you found Melody. Did you bring her back? Is she okay?” Adam asks.
