“It shouldn’t be a problem.” Sidney smiles brightly. “Mr. Foster adores me. He and my mother are close friends.”
“I’ll ask.” Penny seems a little resigned, but if this happened last night, why hasn’t she told any of us about it? Maybe she has. It’s hard to remember we turned off our phones. We’re cut off from almost everything out here.
Eli didn’t even tell his parents we would be using the house.
“Good.” Sidney stands and holds her hand out to Penny. She wiggles her fingers when Penny doesn’t immediately take them.
Penny takes Sidney’s hand and they talk about random stuff on the way out of the bedroom. Nico stops the clip.
“Penny’s doing what we told her to do.” Eli’s gaze goes to Luke like he’s waiting for an explosion.
“What do you think Sidney’s plan is?” Nico takes my hand and squeezes it.
“She’s going to try to seduce Luke.” It’s obvious to anyone. I clear my throat as Luke’s eyes meet mine. He doesn’t show any emotion. “Whether it’s just to get close to him or sneak into his room while he’s sleeping.”
Luke shakes his head, but I know I’m right.
“It’s not happening.” Luke releases my leg and runs his hand through his hair.
“You should be there when she shows up.” Eli leans forward and clasps his hands together. His look is cold and calculating. “You can leave before she can find you alone. Or you could confront her.”
“What if she tries to drug him or asks Penny to?”
The guys all turn to me with puzzled looks.
I shrug. “Sidney wants to break us up. If she took pics of her and Luke, even sleeping, it would cause a riff between us. I wouldn’t put it past her to use a date rape drug on you.”
Luke’s eyes narrow as he considers it. “Fuck.”
“So just don’t drink anything they give you.” Eli shakes his head. “We’ll find out if Penny reports this to us. She knows we’re watching Sidney’s room, so she must know that we know.”
“Or she assumes we’re so overwhelmed we aren’t actually watching it.” Jack leans back against the headboard. “Either way, if she doesn’t tell us, we’ll know we can’t trust her.”
I look down at my hands. It was nice to think maybe I had another friend in all this, but it’s possible she’s just another user,like Kenz thought at first. Blowing out a breath, I realize how much I miss Kenz.
This year has been so crazy with everything going on we haven’t spent as much time together as we usually do. I don’t even know how she and Brandon are doing right now. Maybe that’s why he approached me at the game.
My chest tightens. What if my friend is going through something and I’m not there for her?
“Hey.” Luke grabs my ankle and I lift my gaze to his. “You have nothing to worry about. It’s never been about Sidney for me. Before you, it kept the other girls away. It was easy to fall back into that pattern. She didn’t expect more than I was willing to give.”
“I know.” I chuckle. “She might have said she didn’t expect more to your face, but clearly she has other thoughts and feelings where you’re concerned.”
“Why does Sidney think you being into Harper will end soon?” Caden captures all of our attention.
“I assumed she meant whatever she plans to do with Luke.” I gesture to him.
“What if it doesn’t?” Caden rubs the back of his neck. “What if she’s talking about whatever Zach has planned?”
My mouth opens and closes. He’s not wrong. Whatever they have planned could humiliate me or crush my soul. We don’t know which. But maybe if we keep digging, we’ll find out.
CHAPTER 64
The Plan of Attack
Harper
Someone takes the tablet out of my hands, waking me up a little.
