Ditched Cheating Alpha, I Led My Daughter to Life's Peak novel Chapter 41

I narrow my eyes at her.

She smiles back at me, cockily. "Well come on. I'm not finished with what I was saying."

I look down the street, and sure enough, it looks like a frozen traffic jam. These people have no respect. I sigh and call Michael.

"Hey, I just said-" Brittany starts but I give her my pointer finger to wait.

"There you are," Michael says grumpily.

I cut him off before he can start. "Before you say anything, I'm on the way home."

"Oh? Already?" he asks.

I nod even though he can't see me. "I'm walking home with a girl named Brittany." I say very loudly so she knows that if anything happens he'll know who did it.

"Do you expect me to know who that is?" he asks.

"Yeah," I say. "Brittany with the brown hair."

He's silent for a while. "Mia... there are a million Brittanys." Michael says dryly into the phone, sounding confused.

Brittany openly chuckles.

I put my phone volume down and glare at both of them, physically and in spirit. "Well, that's who I'm with if something happens. I should be home in... I don't know. I have to check google maps."

"Don't forget to add twenty minutes for you," he chuckles, sarcastically.

"Are we seriously still fighting?" I ask.

"I don't know. Is you controller still dead and unused?"

My eyes fly open. I'm going to kill him. "I'm on my way."

"Don't bother rushing. I've already bribed Charlie with cookies and legos."

My mouth falls open. "Well-"

"Megan had some too."

I go to say something else.

"I vacuumed Mom's room! You've got no one on your side now, Mia. Have a nice walk home," he laughs into the receiver. He doesn't even sound like he's really laughing. He's just dragging it out to taunt me.

"Goodbye Michael." I go to hangup.

"Love you," he says too smugly.

"I love you too," I grumble only because you never know what could happen.