You know that.”Īnother moment of silence then, “I’ll be there in fifteen.” “Luke, even Super Mom Stark is no match for the Barlow Super Bitches. They’re going to chew me up and spit me out. I took a deep breath and replied softly, hating that I had to admit it but, bottom line, I had to admit it, “I want to say I can, Luke, but I can’t. He was quiet for a moment then he said using The Voice, “Ava, you can handle it.” But, may I remind you, my life is complicated to the point of insanity!” I can barely cope with my family when my life isn’t complicated to the point of insanity.

“My Mom and sisters are here to see for themselves that we’re serious.” “Did you hear me?” I squealed then sucked in a controlling breath before I went on more quietly. “You sound agitated,” Luke pointed out the obvious. “I don’t know,” I cried, but quietly so my family wouldn’t hear. My Mom gathered the Barlow Bitches from Hell and they all came, in their words, to ‘see for themselves’.” “Your Mom told my Mom that we were together and it looked serious. Silence for a beat then, smile gone from his voice, he asked, “Come again?” “I thought you weren’t speakin’ to me,” he sounded like he was smiling. I ran upstairs, straight to my bedroom, closed the door, nabbed the phone and called Luke. She was smiling at me and I could swear she was trying to communicate that it was all going to be okay. Macho man with a great mustache and a tight ass reinforcements.

I didn’t have the time, or the energy, to fight the fight. Of course, I’d get the couch in my own damned house. “Mom can sleep on your futon and Marilyn and I’ll sleep in your bed. “Yeah, we have it all figured out,” Sofia told me.

Rock chick revenge by kristen ashley