#Chapter 87 – Breakup

Orion and Laila just continue to stare at me, open-mouthed and horrified. Anton grins and slowly begins to walk over to me, shaking his head at me like I’m the greatest thing he’s ever seen. A tiny, tremulous smile begins to shape my lips as he slips an arm around my shoulders, even as tears again spring to my eyes and my lower lip starts to shake. “A slug,” Anton sighs, blissfully happy. “A fucking slug. You’re a genius, June.” “Yeah, well,” I say, starting to shake all over now, my head hanging. “I get…creative. When I’m really pissed off. Besides, Faiza called him a slug first. I was just…agreeing.” Anton laughs, wrapping me up in a tingly hug, and I turn my face in towards him even as I hear Orion and Laila step closer. “Seriously,” I murmur, overwhelmed and embarrassed and…feeling everything all at once. “Can we please, please go home?” “Of course we can, June,” Orion says. I feel his hand on my shoulder and then the sensation of us all vanishing away. When I lift m