Adonis continued and Evie couldn’t believe what she was hearing. She stared him down the entire time he was talking, arms crossed, just to let him know that she wasn’t taking any of his sh-t. “Do you even hear yourself right now?” She asked, hoping that he might realize how ridiculous he sounded. Even if Leon couldn’t hear them, she still didn’t think Adonis should be saying what he was. “He might have been a pain in the a-s but he was the best thing to happen to Leon in a long time and you know it. He made him genuinely smile for the first time in two years. Doesn’t that count for something?” That was the difference between Evie and Adonis. Evie was able to keep her opinions to herself because she saw the benefits to having Atlas around.
“What he needs right now is for us to make sure he takes care of himself and doesn’t completely cut off his sister again. Someone he trusts talking sh-t about his missing boyfriend is the complete opposite of what he needs.” She countered, getting fed up. The final straw was Adonis essentially saying that Leon was crying for nothing. She crossed her arms, trying to contain her anger. “You don’t think he knows that? It didn’t bring his dad back either but he’s upset, Adonis. He’s scared and in denial because if it’s true that Atlas is dead, it means that he lost another person he loved without getting to say goodbye and for him, it’s too much, too soon. I’d honestly prefer him to be crying because what comes next is worse.”