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“𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚒’𝚖 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚞𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚍𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚔,” she retorts just as snappily, though maybe the truth had no part in her statement at all. she doesn’t take it back, though, just returning to her work until the lock clicks and the door swings open at her touch. standing up, she doesn’t look at him while she puts away the lockpick case in its pocket on her bag. “this is called hedging my bets,” she continues finally, “because i see this two ways. if you were going to break in here anyway, there’s a slim chance you’d have accepted the guest room at my house. on the other hand, you’re more likely to be caught without my help at all, so i’m doing what i can.” finally, her eyes raise to his face. “am i wrong?”
it doesn’t slip unnoticed with the creak of the door seconds later that the girl has skills. for why , he’s not sure , and what he thinks something that won’t concern him ... now potentially concerns him. not enough to work out a lot of worries he’ll address as soon as the locked grief in the back of his head finally stops banging against his mental barriers every time he gets closer to reliving a night on the beach. and this isn’t the time for that , or maybe not ever.
‟ SO MUCH. ❜ quiet voice refuses to fade in lieu with chest constricting ‘pon knowledge that she deduced from somewhere , something that neil could’ve basically handed her over. his mind races on memories and circumstances when he could’ve made mistakes , but nothing comes up; for with every shot of pain remembered along strict words echoed by his mother’s harsh lessons , how can he ? then again , that’s a wrong argument. neil immediately made his first mistake when he broke his mother’s absolute rule right after ... california.
hands tighten ‘round the strap of his duffel bag , gauging the level of threat that this girl poses —— like all before her does. a flare of irritation has been reluctantly tampered when he responds as curtly as he can , ‟ I don’t care about whatever gamble you got , but I’m fine. Leave me alone. ❜
it’s annoying how one room where he feels as concrete as who he is right now has been compromised , all because neil figures that this one is just too nosy. he gives her a HARD STARE , mouth pursed and held back before he regrets anything; and quickly turns around to walk away. maybe he can break in the laboratory then leave immediately around dawn. ‟ Mind your own business of not picking on my business. ❜