Derek was ticked off. Mariah had gotten arrested and Amelia was no where to be found still. He had tried to visit her in the hospital and play the doting friend card so he could slip in. But she’d been guarded by her friend and mom, not to mention the old dirty bastard that was still somehow around.
Derek had thought the cop Mariah claimed was Amelia’s best friend would chase him off. “She’s weirdly protective of her,” Mariah had whined after a pounding on her floor, “She was always getting into fights about her in college and s**t. At first I thought she was gay for her, but turns out she just doesn’t want anyone else in her life.”
So he had hoped that would scare Daniel off. But no, Amelia not returning his calls during the month of her suspension proved it. She hadn’t even bothere
