Page 79 of Rowdy & Kat

Jaslene scowled hard. “Wait, so you’re the one who will interrogate her?”

“No. Be silent. I’m doing something.”

Jaslene and Dalisay shared an eye roll. Goldie, Elle, and Xandy eyed me as Sabrina wrapped an arm around my shoulders.

“Let me ask you something,” Sabrina said to me. “When you were sneaking around with my brother and riding his dick in secret, did you tell your sister Maria what was going on?”

“Yes.”

“Because you love and trust her, right?”

Feeling like Sabrina was building up to something, I reluctantly said, “Yes.”

Sabrina nodded and pointed at Goldie. “I only ask because I suspect our friend is in a clandestine relationship with a gross loser. However, she refuses to fess up to her friends and family.”

“Calling the guy a gross loser probably doesn’t help,” Elle said and shoved Sabrina. “Stop hassling people.”

Sabrina snarled at her cousin. “Before you lost your balls to a rude biker, you would help me hassle people. Now, you’re soft and stupid.”

“How dare you call me soft?” Elle snapped back.

“But you agree you’re stupid?”

“I suffer from a temporary case of momnesia,” Elle said and smiled at me as if I understood. “The same thing happened with Sutter Cane, but I got over it. A little stupidity is a small price to pay to have Trent.”

As I shared Elle’s smile, Sabrina demanded, “Sharpen up, cousin!”

Goldie tried sneaking away, but Jaslene blocked her exit. “Fess up, lady.”

“There’s nothing to fess up.”

“Who is he?”

Shaking out her brown hair, Goldie asked, “Why do you assume I’m riding one guy when I could be hooking up with a long list of men?”

Sabrina narrowed her dark-eyed gaze. “Though you might be a lying slut, I know you’re a romantic lying slut. It’s one guy. Now name and shame him.”

Goldie walked around Sabrina and slid off her jacket. “If you want to fight, let’s do this thing.”

“I have no doubt you’ll confess your every secret once we have you pinned to the ground.”

Dalisay, Jaslene, and Xandy looked ready to help Sabrina while I inched backward in case this fight scenario was real.

“I don’t normally do this,” Elle told me before looking toward her brother in the next yard. “Clint! These bitches be crazy and need a man’s brain to fix them!”

While Sabrina and Jaslene threatened to tackle “tattletale” Elle, Goldie tried to run into the house. Her escape was blocked by Xandy.

“Sometimes, keeping things private makes sense,” I told Goldie, who stopped frowning and focused on me. “Sometimes, you have something special that you fear won’t be special once everyone knows. Like your family and friends will shine a light on something best kept in the dark.”

Goldie studied me. “Rowdy’s a good man, but you hid your relationship.”

“Because I lied about who I was, and I didn’t know how to tell him the truth without ruining things. I figured it was better to keep lying to him than to lose him.”

Goldie looked around and exhaled. “You see how these idiots are.”

“Hey, I’m trying to help you,” Elle said from the ground where Sabrina pinned her.

Ignoring their drama, Goldie continued, “I just want a little fun in the dark without everyone forcing their own expectations.”