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“I don’t think I do.”
Okay, this is getting old, fast. “And how would you even know that?”
“I deal to one of her friends.”
My eyes widen. I had no idea Jordan dealt drugs. I mean, I knew he ran with some of the wrong kinds of people, but I didn’t know he was the same way. Making a mental note to distance myself from him, I shake my head.
“Well, still. I can’t control who she’s friends with, but I do know my girlfriend and I know she’s not the kind of person for that shit.”
“Holden, I saw –”
“Enough.” I cut him off angrily. “She’s not. You’re wrong. Now get the fuck out of my car. I have places I need to be.”
He rolls his eyes. “Alright. Don’t say I didn’t try to warn you.”
The door slams shut after he steps out. Fucking dick. Who does he think he is? If anyone would know if Kayleigh was doing drugs, it would be me. She’s not. She’s perfect.
A FEW DAYS LATER, I’m sitting in the kitchen when Caleb comes in. He grabs a beer from the fridge and sits down across from me. I click off my phone, not wanting to be rude.
“Hey. Is everything okay with you and Kay?”
My eyes narrow on him. “Yes, why?”
“Just asking. She’s not around as much as she used to be and I just figured with you two being official now, that it would be the opposite.”
“We’re fine.” I tell him, a little too dismissively to sound nonchalant.
He gives me a look but nods anyway. “Okay. Well, let me know if you need anything.”
With that, he gets up and leaves me alone again in the large room. Jordan’s words replay in my head. Is it possible that Kayleigh picked something up the night she went to that party? It’s not like she wouldn’t have had access to it. Besides, she said she met a new friend when she went out. Maybe she got her into the stuff.
I shake my head to rid myself of these thoughts. That’s ridiculous. Kayleigh would never do something like that. She’s too smart for it. I mean honestly, she hadn’t even smoked pot before she came home with me for Thanksgiving break. She may be acting a little differently lately, but she knows better than to get into something like cocaine.
MY PROFESSOR’S VOICE BOOMS through the room, but I can’t be bothered to listen. On my way to class, I had seen Kayleigh walking with some girl, but as soon as she noticed me, she whispered something to her friend and they separated. All I keep wondering is why she doesn’t want us to meet.
The class lets out without me absorbing a single piece of information. A few girls try to get my attention afterwards but I ignore them. Kayleigh said she would meet me back at my place so we could go out to dinner, and after the way she’s been distant, it’s exactly what I need right now.
I walk in the front door and go straight up to my bedroom. Kayleigh is standing with her back to me but my heart swells when I see her.
“Hey babe.” I make myself known.
She jumps, shutting something before turning around. I notice her locket is clutched in her hand instead of hanging around her neck.
“Hey. You scared me.”
“I see that. Everything okay?” I take a step towards her.
She nods, tossing the necklace onto the bed before wrapping her arms around me and kissing me softly. I sigh into it, missing the way we used to spend every second like this. It’s all I want right now.
“I’m just going to take a quick shower and then we can go, okay?”
I smile. “Of course, baby.”
With one last kiss, she grabs a change of clothes and heads out the door. My eyes immediately go to the locket still lying on the bed. I glance back at the hallway, hearing the bathroom door shut and the water turn on – then I take the small item in my hands. It’s larger than most lockets, but it always looks good on her petite frame.
My fingers struggle to get it open but as soon as I do, my heart sinks. Stuffed inside the piece of jewelry is a small baggie filled with white powder. Jordan was right. Everything feels like it’s crashing down around me, until the sound of someone walking down the hallway rips me back into reality. I shut the locket and toss it back down on the bed just as Kayleigh comes back into the room.
“I forgot my necklace.” Her tone makes it sound as if it’s no big deal.
