River knew Romina's character all too well.

She was popular with everyone, yet she always showed him her worst side.

It left a bitter taste in his mouth. Everyone else got the best version of her, but not

him.

Didn't he deserve her kindness too?

Then again, he had stolen her business. And he had stolen her. If she treated him too nicely after that, she'd look like a fool.

That thought made him feel better.

After all, he hadn't exactly treated her with kindness either.

"Oh, I've known you for five or six years, and this is the first time I've ever heard

you say I'm a good person," Romina said, pretending to be touched.

call yourself a bad person,

don't call themselves bad. I'm a good person, and I'm not about to go around saying I'm not. I still need

You're thirty and still single. No boyfriend. Guess no one's into you. Sure, you've got a pretty

like that,

Back to bickering.

back. "I'm twenty-nine, not thirty! And if I wanted a boyfriend, I could get ten or twenty in a minute. Tons of guys like me-I just don't like them. You wanna

are after you —so what, you too scared to date because you can't...

Serenity's eyes widened.

liked Romina's

out, would he call her a

River's face darkened instantly.

sensed the tension and quietly crawled back

whispered, "Mom, Uncle River's face is like thunder. Super dark. Kinda

look like that before. Romina's

What's the deal? Are you into women? Is that it? You wanna come out now? I can hook you up with a girlfriend

are the worst! Nothing but garbage comes out of your

spit out ivory? I'll bring my pet

fire. "You

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