33. Indy

CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE

Indy

" Y our dad didn't have to give us a chauffeur," I mutter as Addy and I continue our way to go swimsuit shopping. Honestly, I wanted to cancel. I'm notfeelingthe greatest today, but I always feel bad canceling on my friends.Addy, Ren's baby sister,doesn't take well to canceled plans.

"Trust me," the cinnamon-haired beauty snorts. "I wish I didn't have to take Leon, but my car is in the shop."Our driver, who I'm almost positiveis named Lance, makes a gruff noise from the driver's seat.

"Miss, you drove your car into a telephone pole."

"Oh my god!" Addy groans, rolling her head back."It was a political statement, and it wasn't the telephone pole; it wasa statue!The telephone pole wasjustin the wrong place at the wrong time."

"Addy," I giggle lightly, "Telephone poles are stationary."

"Irrelevant.Pointis, I have a right to protest against the tyranny happening downtownandyes,okayI'll admit I got a little carried away, but that's not entirely my fault.I feel as though my statement is just."

"What was the statement?" I ask tentatively. There's no telling what off-the-wall statement this woman was trying to make.

"Oh!" Addy laughs while folding her arms over her chest. "They built a fucking statue in my grandfather's honor. Can you believe the embarrassment? This man was literally the most selfish, self-centered human to ever walk this planet. I once begged him for a dollar, and he gave it to me. I put it in a homeless man's cup, and he made mego backand get it! So, the taxpayers pay to have a statue of his ass built, and for what? His humanitarian work! That man wouldn't piss on a fire to save a burning family. So, I took the carthat hismoney bought me and plowed it into the statue." I want to be Adeline Locklear when I grow up. I mean, I'm older than her, but damn, the lady balls on her.

Lance clears his throat, grabbing our attention. "And yet, you're in a limo, being driven and leaving in a house all because of his dime. It's easy to throw a tantrum about equality when you're doing so in a Mercedes your family bought you."

"Ohhhh, Leon is out here spitting hard facts!" Addy laughs and shakes her head. "You're right, my man.Whichis whyif I don't get the scholarship next year,I'mdropping out of college.Secretly, I kind of hope I don't get it. I want to watch the looks on Dr. and Judge Locklear's faces when their mistake baby is a college dropout." Addy smirks, but I know it's to hide the hurt she feels. From what I've heard, the poor girlhas basicallyspent her life in the shadows. Addy's twin, Henry, was the planned baby.Addy was hidden behind her brother during the entire pregnancy, and whenshe came out, her mother said that it wasimpossible,andtheywere just trying to add an extra mouth for her to feed.I couldn't imagine my mom not wanting me. My dad, sure, but he was a complete jerk.

"Alright," Addy smiles as Lance parks the vehicle. "You ready to give your old man a heart attack?"

Me: What do you think?

I attach a photo of me in the dressing room in a string, plum-colored bikini. I'm on my knees with my legs spread and all my hair flipped to one side.

Big Daddy D: Jesus fucking Christ

Big Daddy D: Darlin', are you trying to kill me?

Big Daddy D: how the fuck do I save this?

Me: Ohhhh spank bank material, huh?

Big Daddy D: I don't know what that is.

Me: Oh my god, you are such a grandpa! It means you're going to jerk off to it later!

Big Daddy D: Oh

Big Daddy D: Fuck, yeah, I am. Buy the bikini, I'll fuck you in it.

Me: I ain't paying $60 for something with thislittlefabric

Big Daddy D sent you $500

Me: DEREK ROWE

Big Daddy D: Yeah, I wanna hear you screaming thatlater tonightwhile you wear that.