Chapter 8 - Sucker For Punishment

×KENZIE×

Wyatt had been shooting me looks throughout the day and I couldn't wait to get out of there.

"Why do you keep looking at me?" I asked suddenly.

He got to his feet and walked over to me, there was something in the way that he looked at me that made me nervous.

"How do you know so much about the homeless shelters?"

I blinked, that wasn't the question I had been expecting, "Um, because I've lived in them." I said it as if it should have been obvious.

"You've been homeless?"

"Yes. Mr. Grimes, you know my past, it's no surprise that I've been in shelters after leaving Caleb."

A mix of emotions crossed his face at my confession, "You've been homeless. Why didn't you come to me for help?"

I couldn't believe what he was asking me, "If I'm done with the work for the day, I'll be leaving." I got to my feet, it was getting late and I had moved all of his appointments just as he had asked me to.

"Kenzie, I asked you a question."

"Right. I should have come to my cheating ex-boyfriend's f