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“You don’t know what’s nothing to me, Amber. Admit that you’re still after Justin.”
There was a long enough pause that Maggie knew she’d struck a nerve, and it made her sick.
“I’ll always want him! The kind of passion we had doesn’t disappear overnight.”
“From what I understand, it was an unsatisfying, drunken fumbling up against a tree, Amber. You probably need to reevaluate what passion is. Why are you doing this to poor Phil?”
She heard Amber sobbing. “I love Phil!”
“So, what’s going on?”
“He’s not a Chastain,” she blubbered.
“Amber, get over yourself. You’ve got the richest guy in Louisiana hot after you. Don’t you think he’d be crushed if he thought you were still pining away for Justin and Dave? Stop it.”
“I’m sorry. You overreacted, Maggie. You don’t need to think I’m trying to screw your boyfriend every time I show up.”
“Okay, well, I’m sorry, too,” Maggie said. “I’ll try to stop overreacting.”
After the call ended, she sent Katrina a text, outlining what had happened and asking if she had overreacted. If it’s not too late, call me, please. I hope Dave doesn’t get pissed.
Her phone rang thirty seconds later. “He’s watching Naked and Afraid, for fuck’s sake. Are you kidding me?” Katrina snarled.
“It’s Justin’s fave,” Maggie said, laughing. “I personally think he’s waiting for the blurry camera work to get misplaced so he can get a glimpse of some ass. Anyway, hear me out.”
She gave more detail on what had happened with Amber and Justin, and then the call with Amber that still had her shaken.
“It sounds like since she burned her bridges with us, she’s aiming her vitriol at you again. It’s never-ending with that one, I’m telling you. So, you kicked him out?”
“Pretty much. I knew he wouldn’t go up to the apartment because there’s no TV there yet, so he’s probably sitting with Vic, watching at the lodge.”
“Watching Naked and Afraid with Rose isn’t on my radar, ever,” Katrina said.
“Hey, Rose isn’t there. Ask Dave. I need to get you up to speed.”
She explained the whole story about Rose going to Val and Elizabeth’s and deciding not to return to Vic’s.
“It sounds like they are giving her Val’s side of the story that maybe Emily wasn’t raped after all,” Maggie said.
“Dave will find a way to charge Val with rape,” Katrina said, sounding worried.
“I wish Emily was still alive,” Maggie said. “It makes me so sad. Did Justin call Dave and tell him to cease all gown alterations?”
“No. Why? Did you tell him to do that?”
“Yeah, in a moment of frenzy I said we weren’t getting married. Now I’m worried something will happen to him between here and the lodge. Oh! The gate just opened. I’d better get off. Love you. Thank you for listening.”
“Goodbye!”
Maggie opened the screen door and stepped out onto the porch just as Justin’s truck pulled up. Getting out of the truck, he waved to her.
“You’re missing Naked and Afraid,” she said.
“I recorded it.” He held up his phone, showing the app to their satellite company.
“We have to get satellite in the apartment so you don’t have to go so far away.”
“I want to sleep with you, though.”
