This Time I Don't Need You to Coax Me

Geoffrey traded in the car from my dowry for a six-seat luxury SUV, saying it was so the baby, due any day now, would have plenty of room. On the day we picked it up, he told me to bring Alexandra along too. "Lexie knows cars. Let her help us check it over." I nodded, though something about it struck me as odd. Geoffrey and Alexandra had never gotten along. Every time the two of them met, their words came out laced with jabs.