Shackled (The Lord Series) by Amy T

180. Olivia - New friend III

Tyson and Rueben enter the kitchen, Diva behind them.

Tyson's angry gaze stops on me before going to the floor. "What the fuck happened?" he snarls, making Miss Teapot hiss at him. "Keep your voice low, you are scaring the cat," the woman snaps at Tyson.

Diva pushes Rueben out of her way so she can get to the fried rice on the floor.

"If Diva gets hurt because you are so fucking stupid-" Tyson elbows Rueben in the stomach right in the middle of the sentence.

Not wanting Diva or Miss Teapot to eat from the floor and accidentally swallow parts of the broken bowl, I drop to my knees and start cleaning the mess with my hands. "I am so sorry," I say while I grab pieces of the broken bowl. Why I am asking for forgiveness, I am not sure, but I keep repeating 'I am so sorry' like a mantra of some sort. Not that apologizing has ever helped me.

"Stop," Mose says.

Tyson grabs Diva by the collar around her neck, preventing her from getting close to the fried rice.

had dropped the bowl, yet I say, "I am so clumsy." The cuts

floor before deciding to go to her

What the hell?" the woman

I can't stop myself, not until I am done. Rueben warned me that he didn't want me in the same room as him while I live here. Not even a day later, I am

bite my bottom lip, trying to hide my chin trembling. It is the first

am sorry," I

makes me flinch because I don't want to create problems for anyone. Who is she anyway? Their girlfriend or something? But I never heard them mention her. If she is, then why did Ansel

go of me and Ansel yanks me

*I am here now.*

more than they should. Is

and the dustpan. "I am the one who dropped the food on the floor, not Olivia." Rueben snorts, not believing Mose. Why would he, anyway? It is easier to blame me for

only English. The bitch, I mean her,"

beginning. I think I have dyslexia but I was never diagnosed because my parents never cared. Regardless, I

To Rueben, she says, "I don't have enough middle fingers to show you how I really feel about you. Not to mention how disappointed I am with Mose. I thought you were