Never Really Over

"You can play outside or with your toys, but no tablet and no TV either," I tell Tate as soon as we get home, just because I want him to know he can't push me around and act like that ever again. If I let him get away with it once, he'll walk all over me forever.

"She’s so annoying," he mumbles to himself as he walks upstairs with heavy steps, “All I did was protect my territory like daddy said.”

“Talk to yourself inside your own head, Amari. I can hear you,” I say, almost laughing out loud when he turns to look at me with the cutest scowl. “And don’t give me those eyes. Go on.”

He grumbles and keeps going while Klein sighs and sits on the couch.

"So, what even happened? Jae convinced him to hate me?" he asks with a tired tone. I look at him with obvious eyes before sitting down next to him, "I knew he would do that sooner or later."

"Well, yeah. Jae told him a bunch of stuff," I say and shake my head as I remember everything, "He crossed the line this time, involving Tate in our is