Chapter 64
Hailey
Yvonne burst out laughing.
The sound was so sudden, so jarring after the tension, that it actually made me flinch. But she kept going, throwing her head back in what looked like genuine amusement, her hand pressed to her chest like this was all just the funniest thing in the world.
"Oh nothing, baby," she said, turning to Jackson with that smile she reserved for manipulating him. The sweet, innocent, everything-is-perfect smile. Then she reached out and started stroking my hair—the same hair she'd just violently yanked—like we were the best of friends. "We were just playing. Right, Hailey?"
The look she gave me was unmistakable. A threat wrapped in a smile. Comply, or else.
I stared at her for a long moment, my scalp still throbbing, my anger still burning hot in my
