“Oh my God, Sienna…”
“They saw me. Brett called to me but I walked away. When we talked later, Brett said he had these feelings back then. But then Jake died, or so they thought.”
“What about you, though?” I ask, trying to be gentle.
She huffs. “Apparently he lovesmetoo.”
My brain tries to keep up, but she’s not done.
“And that’s not even the worst part,” she adds with a bitter laugh. “Ikissed Jake.”
I blink. “Youwhat?”
“I don’t even know how it happened. We were talking—about Brett, about everything—and then we were suddenly too close. And it happened.”
“Sienna.” I breathe. “This is… I don’t even have a word for what this is.”
Her eyes are glassy. “Don’t you get all judgmental.”
“God, no.” I shake my head. “I’m just trying to make sense of it.”
“Same.”
“And Brett? What does he want?”
“He says he loves both of us.” She laughs again, but it’s hollow. “Says Jake returning opened something up in him he thought he had sealed off.”
“That’s not fair,” I whisper. “That’s not fair toanyof you.”
“I know. But tell me this, Emily. If someone could love you that deeply, even if it meant sharing them…could you do it?”
I don’t answer. I can’t. Because I don’t know.
She sighs. “Now you understand.”
Then, just like that, she straightens her shoulders and pastes on that practiced smile again. “Come on. We’ve been gone too long. Let’s not give them anything else to whisper about.”
She walks back toward the table, calm and composed, like she hasn’t just handed me one of the most explosive secrets on the island.
But my mind is reeling.
Brett.
Jake.
Sienna.
A kiss.
A triangle.
What a mess.
Is it wrong to be thrilled that River and I are good?
I follow Sienna to join the others, just as Ariel queries, “Hey you guys, where’s Jazz?”
EPISODE 241
