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I was a hypocrite. I knew that. But it wasn’t the same. I hadn’t lied about my life in Montecito to hurt anyone. I’d done it to protect myself. To fit in.
Lilly’s silence had confirmed what I already knew—the kids here wouldn’t have given me a chance had they known the truth. Scarlett had befriended me because Evan asked her to, because he knew Kendall would come after me. And they kept that from me, letting me believe their intentions were good. Honest. I couldn’t trust either of them, and in the end, their efforts had only made things worse.
Kendall had still come after me.
“Becca, come on, don’t be like that.”
“I’ll catch you later, Lilly.” I walked away and didn’t look back, pushing down the guilt swarming my stomach.
The only person I could trust was myself. It was the only way I would protect myself from getting hurt again. Evan, Scarlett, Mom, and Dad could apologize and try to smooth things over, but the damage was done.
CHAPTER4
EVAN
“Porter,didn’t expect to see you here,” Vin said, eyeing me up and down. What the fuck was his problem all of a sudden?
“Vin,” Scarlett snapped.
“Oh, come on. We all know what he did to Becca.”
She stood, wiping her hands down her jeans. “If you’re placing blame, then add me to your shit list, yeah?”
That shut him up.
I glanced at Lilly, surprised to see her with Scarlett. She’d been in Becca’s corner since it all went to shit.
As if she could hear my thoughts, she ducked her head. “I’m going for a smoke. I’ll be back.” She jerked her head toward the Funhouse. Vin, Lilly, and Jay nodded, and I followed Scarlett.
When we were out of sight, she held out her hand.
“You really need to stop this shit,” I said.
“Enough,Dad,” she groaned, thrusting her hand farther forward. I reached into my back pocket and pulled out two joints but held them just out of her reach.
“Is that it?”
“Peters.”
“Porter.”
“You know I hate doing this shit.”
“And you know if I don’t get it from you, I’ll only go elsewhere.”
My fist clenched. I didn’t want her anywhere near Credence’s local dealer. “You’re a bitch.”
She swiped the joints out of my hand and grimaced, but I saw the humor there. “Don’t I know it.” Scarlett stashed one in her jacket and sparked up the other. “Thanks,” she murmured over the wisps of smoke.
“I didn’t expect to see Lilly and Vin here.”
“It was only a matter of time.”
“What the fuck does that mean?”
“It means that Becca’s going to push away everyone who’s ever given a shit about her because of your fucking mess.”
“Not this again.” I clutched the back of my neck. “I didn’t mean for it to happen like that.”
