Crossing Lines
“Chloe and—fuck, I don’t know, Tits McGee—won’t shut up about your last little… acquisition.”
I didn’t bother looking at them. Just stared at him and said, “Then maybe I should buy a muzzle.”
The girls laughed—high, stupid, desperate.
Elliot laughed louder, like it was his line, like he was in on it. He always did that. Clung to the edge of every conversation like it was a fucking life raft.
“Classic Cross,” he said, clapping me on the shoulder like we were frat boys again. “Always the killer.”
I moved past him.