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“He’s serious?” I asked the others.
“Deadly. Some of the girls hang out in the old arcade. A couple of them actually fall for his crap,” Lilly replied.
“Well, good for them, I guess,” I said, a little confused that anyone with half a brain would fall for Vin’s attempt at being smooth.
Lilly switched cars to join Jay, leaving me alone, and Malachi leaned up against the ticket kiosk. They had no problem making out in front of us, lost in one another. My cell vibrated in my pocket, and I couldn’t get it out quick enough.
Funhouse. Now.
“I, uh… I have to pee,” I blurted out. Lilly managed to tear herself away from Jay long enough to ask if I wanted her to come with me, but I waved her off. “I’ll be fine. Be back soon.”
“Becca, wait up.” Malachi jogged toward me. “I’m going to go watch Vin make an ass of himself. Beats sitting with those two. You’ll be okay? We’ll be right over there.” He pointed at a small building past the Ferris Wheel.
“Yeah, I’ll be fine.”
He nodded, and I caught a flash of amusement in his eyes. As if he knew exactly where I was headed.
Unwilling to enter the Funhouse through the front entrance, I followed the building around the side until I found the service door. My hand trembled as I reached for the handle, but Evan beat me to it, and the door creaked open. Slipping inside, I waited for him to explain, but he had other ideas. Crowding me against the wall, he dipped his head and claimed my lips.
“Evan, wait.” I gasped into his mouth.
His head dropped to mine, and his eyes shuttered. “Fuck. I’m sorry.”
“Talk to me.”
Evan heaved a sigh and pulled away from me. It was a feeling I wouldn’t ever enjoy, the loss of his warmth, his presence, but something was wrong. I saw it in his eyes the second he’d opened the door.
“Evan.”
We were in the access hallway to the office he’d taken me to before. A sliver of light streamed through a hole in the wall. Walking up to him, I took his hand and started to lead him in the direction I hoped was the office.
When we entered the small room, I let go of him and went to the desk, resting against the edge. “What happened?”
“You don’t want to know.” His voice was cold, and I hugged myself tight.
“Try me.”
“It’s…” He raked a hand over his face. “Fuck. It’s a mess.”
“So… what? Things got rough, and you thought you’d text me to come here and work off your frustrations?”
Stormy eyes snapped to mine, pinning me in place. “It’s not like that, and you know it.”
“Do I?”
His jaw clenched as we stared at one another. “Like you don’t do the same?”
“I—” My gaze dropped as his words sunk in.
Evan was right.
He moved toward me, his fingers curling under my chin, and he tilted my head up. “We both have our demons, Becca.”
I nodded slowly. What else could I do? He was right. We both knew it. I’d known it right from the start.
I wasn’t the only one hiding things.
Evan was too.
