I Shouldn’t Love Him (Book 2) – Chapter 52

Tiffany went looking for something sweet.

Once alone, Manning turned his full attention to me, bringing us face to face.

“You look good with her,” I said, looking at him.

thi

she does the

the fair. He had rolled up the sleeves of his white t-shirt, the cuffs tightening his muscles. He had a cigarette behind his ear again, against his soft black hair. It could ha

rn you on. You are young and you are worth more than what you just told him. Is not it ? »

ing young have to do with it?” I asked. “I don’t need a babysitter.”

ind, but you think carefully. I see you. I see you thinking. I didn’t know what to think of Manning. He was hot and cold. Sometimes I thought there

I say is better than that. We are at a fair. It’s supposed to be fun.

m tagging along on one of Tiffa

I wanted to go to a carnival with you, and it sounded like the kind of innocent fun I hadn’t had in a while. He nodded his head back. “Then let’s take a walk.” And

ened my ey

nothing to fear.

part of me wanted to go on that ride, but I was considering it just to spend some alone time with him. “What about Tiffany?” »

She

bout the wheel?” ” He asked. “You don’t like heights?”

an’t get out? How do you know it won’t break down or the seat won’t fall over?

”

l. How can he be in charge of lives?”

oblem.”

t?”

or you’ll go crazy.

fany called Dad a control freak. No one had ever called me that, though. I was diligent about my schoolwork and when it came to my f

office. Manning leaned out the window and said, “Two adults. He looked at me. “You’re an

ow-”

said.

a ten. “Then two

know if I can do it,” I said. “I don’t want you

ks.

double that. Unfortunately, I arrived with plenty of room too.

?” I asked Manning.

ome nights I have class. Since

point? your class?”

 I want to be a cop.

ped open, I hoped I didn’t look as shocked as I was. I couldn’t

be it was the first time he didn’t look at me like I was f

re like an outlaw than a peacekeeper. I didn’t want to insult him, though, so I tried to think of something else to say.

h. I thought I could be on a rocket to the moon and back in an instant when he called me. “What?”

many friends, but the ones I do have, I love them to be honest.

I looked away. Every time the Ferris wheel stopped, the seats would swing.

ng at me like I was a science project again. A very young one. “I know you are.”

“How?”

do.”

o go into law?”

ype.” I mean, physically, you definitely do.

riminals. Able. “What other way is there?” He asked.

apologize for being honest.”

d I relaxed a little. “No. It would take a lot more than that.”

ound that many police officers in my life.”

— Are you one?”

who do it.

”

portant to him if he planned to spend his life helping others.

Have you already thought about what you want to do?

e you ever thought about what you want to do?

I wasn’t sure what I would do once I got there. “I’m going to college.”

at happens afterwards?

n major in business, law or medicine.”

hat does that do to him?

All.”

hat do you want?”

n line ahead of us. Just when I thought he would change the subject, he said, “It could be a lot of different things. Things you never even thought about. He scratched his chest. “How about I bring you some books from the

nothing else, it was a reason to watch it again. “All

t his hand for our tickets.

done a good job distracting me, but the ride was huge. A few children with windswept hair got out of their car, which swayed long after they left. The ride had a seat for two and a bar that came down. That was it. Not e

stured for me to get in. “I’ll be by your side the whole time.”

nt through a lot to make me feel safe. That meant he cared, right? And if he cared, he wouldn’t want me to get hurt. I repeated his words in my head: I will be by your side With a shaky breath, I wiped my palms on my shorts and walked towards the pile of metal parts that was supposed to carry me into the sky. Wait,” Tiffany shouted. I looked back. She waved two colorful spools of cloud-shaped cot

from her to the cotton candy. “What?” I

m was too long.”

at me. My hands began to shake with relief, but I couldn’t deny my disappointment. What could he say? What could I say? There was no room for three people, and Tiffany would surely make a scene if she didn’t get her w

you doing?” she asked him. “She won’t come up. She is afraid of heights. Come on.”

earlier: the injustice.

?” the attendant asked me.

gh this without Manning, so I pulled out and ran straight into the person behind me. I turned around and backed away. “Sorry. Continue.”

her of them looked at me.