Chapter 24: Chapter 24: Skye

##Chapter 24: Skye

It's almost difficult to believe that fifteen minutes ago, I'd been thinking that this lunch hadn't turned out so bad and I might have misjudged her.

My mistake. She's as awful as I'd always suspected. In one breath, she's crying about Dad having cancer, and in the next, she's feeling up my ex-boyfriend.

It's enough to make me sick.

I don't realize that a disgusted snort has escaped until Hunter twists his head toward me and catches my gaze. Humor flares to life in his eyes, and my lips reluctantly quirk upward.

Is it weird that we're having a moment over this absurd situation?

My heart picks up its tempo as our gazes stay locked. It's only when Brandi untangles herself from him that I'm able to look away. Just when I think my stepmother can't sink any lower, she reaches out and squeezes one of Hunter's biceps.