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Drew shrugged.“Barely.I vaguely remember the name.”
“He’s a good guy.He just spoiled his only son rotten.Now the kid thinks he can have whatever he wants.”
“Should you wait until tomorrow when you’ve calmed down a bit?”Drew suggested.
Adam ran an agitated hand over the back of his neck.“Probably.I have to figure out what to do with this one.”
A sudden pain spiked in her chest at the tone of his voice.Hailey tried to rise off his lap.
“You don’t have to do anything with me.”
“You really think this is going to go unpunished?”Adam asked, shocked.
Hailey crossed her arms.“Probably not.I can’t seem to breathe without getting in trouble nowadays,” she murmured softly, and swallowed back the storm of emotion that clawed up her throat.
Both men looked at her in shock.“Is that what you think, love?”Adam said as he ran a hand up and down her back.
Hailey shrugged.She couldn’t seem to do the right thing.She tried.It was always in the back of her mind, a deep-seated insecurity, that Adam was going to stop loving her.Her mother hadn’t loved her, so she left.Her father certainly didn’t love her.He enjoyed making them as miserable as possible.And her sister didn’t want to have anything to do with her.Adam had been the first, the only person in her life who seemed to care.
“Am I too much of a pain in the ass for you?Because I get it.I don’t always follow your rules, but I usually have a reason why.Most of the time, I just don’t want to see you upset.”She could feel a swell of emotions trying to take her over and needed to run and hide for a bit until she could get her emotions under control again.
“You’re not a pain in the ass, love...”
Hailey jumped from his lap before he could grab her.“Listen, I’d like to take a bath.I don’t think talking right now is a good idea.”She raised her hands with palms out, when Adam stood and took a step toward her.“Please!”she spat.“Just give me a little space.”She didn’t wait for an answer and rushed past Adam and ran up the stairs.
In the bathroom, she started the water and dumped a handful of bath salts in before tearing her clothes off.Hailey clipped her hair up and knelt by the tub to feel the water.She didn’t wait until it was full to get in.She just needed to be surrounded by heat, and if it couldn’t be her husband, water would have to do.
It wasn’t long before the tears she could no longer ignore slid silently down her cheeks.A sob caught in her throat, and she tried to bite it back, but it only grew more prominent.She hugged her legs to her chest, tucked her head against her knees, and let the tears fall.She knew when she felt like this, she needed to release it, or the ball of sorrow would grow exponentially and make her an emotional mess.
Hailey reached out to turn off the water when she felt it skim over her shoulder and tucked her head back down.She cried until her throat ached and her eyes burned.
Chapter Nine
Aknock sounded atthe door, pulling her from her reflections.
“Hailey?”
