CHAPTER 86

I wait, but the argument in Jade must have died down since he doesn't respond.

Another transformation in Jade to lie at Amanda's feet.

He'd have gone out there and done whatever the fuck he wanted before Amanda, regardless of what I said. But he's thinking about someone other than himself now. He's considering her.

I push open the door. "Sam told her about Monica." If she approaches you with questions—" "I know what to say," Jade says. "We all know what to say."

I nod and return inside.

"You haven't told her that the only reason I was able to save her was because you knocked Darius away." She could be more forgiving if she understood how important you were in her rescue."

"She might," I concede.

It's not as if I haven't contemplated it, just to dismiss it a split second later. She could perceive me differently. But she could assume I'm telling her she owes me anything for saving her life.

That's not going to work to gain her forgiveness.

I enter and proceed to the stairs. Halfway ther