14 Chapter 14

My insides gave a pleasant squirm. He’d almost sounded…flirty. No, not possible. There was no way Colten had an interest in me.

“I’ll keep that in mind.”

Off the corner of my eye, I thought I saw Dad smirk. When I turned to him, he was only glaring. “Why is everything an attack on me?”

“I’m talking about your internet, not you personally, Dad.” God, he could be so self-involved. “Besides, don’t you want to have a more reliable connection? It would make looking at porn easier.”

Colten snorted, and tried to cover it up.

Dad, though, turned to scarlet. “Marty,” he scolded. “Don’t talk about those things in this house.”

“Sorry, sorry,” I said, knowing I’d won that round at least. I turned back to Colten. “So, I hear Dale Thomas has a mushroom farm.” 8