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“Are you sure?” I said, brows knitting. “Maybe he just doesn’t like to talk aboutit.”
Hunter shook his head. “I’ve accidentally walked in on him jerking off to pornos filled with women before, and I don’t know any gay guys who like to watch naked girls getting fucked,” he said. “I mean, I guess it’s possible—anything’s possible—but it’s probably not verycommon.”
“Maybe it just took him a while to realize what he was into,” Isaid.
“The last time I walked in on him was only three weeksago.”
“Oh. Well, he could be bi. It wouldn’t be unusual for him to enjoy looking at women then, as well asmen.”
Hunter frowned. “Even if heisbi, why would he look at Kairo like that? There’s no way he’s secretly in love with him. He fucking hates theguy.”
My brows shot up. “Really?”
“Yup.”
“But he’s always made it seem as if he likes him. He told me he thought he was a really nice guy and a good boyfriend toLindsay.”
“Oh, yeah, he was nice to his face. But trust me—behind his back, he fucking hated him. In fact, he hatedanyoneLindsay dated or hooked up with,” Hunter said. “He was always like that. He never thought anyone was good enough for her. I guess it was like an overprotective twinthing.”
A cold jolt hit my spine as a recent memory flitted back to me, and I clamped a hand over my mouth. “Oh, no…” I mumbled into mypalm.
“What’s wrong?” Hunterasked.
Nausea was rising quickly in my throat, filling my mouth with a sour tang. I shook my head and lowered my voice. “Nothing,” Isaid.
“Tellme.”
“No, it’s not even worthsaying.”
“Tell me,” Hunter repeated, eyesnarrowing.
I turned my gaze to the dash and folded my hands in my lap. “I… I don’t even know where to start,” Imurmured.
“Just sayit.”
I took a deep breath and turned to look at him again. “This is going to sound totally crazy, and I fully realize that, but I just remembered something, and it might be relevant,” I said. “A few weeks ago, I was hanging out with Adam and Trina at Café Seven. While we were talking, Trina made some gross offhand joke about incest. When she said it, Adam froze. He looked like he was totally panicking. Like he’d been caught out. We asked him what was wrong, and he acted like something else was going on, andthatwas why he looked so horrified. But now…” I paused and took another deep breath. “Now I’m wondering if maybe he loved Lindsay a little too much. Maybe he was worried we’d suddenly figured him out that day, and that was why he looked so panicked until he realized it was just ajoke.”
Hunter’s face had turned a sickly shade of white again. “No,” he muttered, shaking his head. “No fucking way. That’sdisgusting.”
“I know. I’m sorry for bringing it up, but when you said he always hated everyone Lindsay dated or hooked up with, it made me wonder,” I said. “What if he hated them because he wasjealousof them? And what if he was looking at Kairo like that because he reminds him of Lindsay, seeing as the two of them dated for solong?”
Hunter’s eyes shuttered, and he put his face in his hands again. “Stop,” he said. “That can’t be true. It’s too fuckedup.”
“I know it’s fucked up. But it could explain why he pushed her,” I said. “Maybe he tried to confess his feelings to her, and it didn’t go the way he thought it would. He could’ve built it all up in his head for years as some huge romantic thing, but then she rejected him, for obvious reasons, and it all came crashing down. The shock could’ve been enough to make him snap and do something he never knew he was capable of until thatmoment.”
“So you think he could’ve pushed Lindsay in a sudden fit of rage to make sure she kept her mouth shut about him?” Hunter said, shoulders sagging. “The same way he tried to keepyourmouthshut.”
“Yes.”
He scrubbed a hand over his face. “Fuck…” he muttered. “Maybe you’re right. It’s fucking sick, but I guess it makessense.”
“I’m sorry,” I said. “I know it’s awful, and I shouldn’thave—”
He held up a palm and cut me off. “Don’t apologize,” he said. “You’re only trying to help, and like I said… you might actually beright.”
I swallowed hard and rubbed at the back of my neck. “So what do we donow?”
“We’re going back to Royal Falls.” Hunter straightened his back and turned the car on, jaw set with determination. “We’re going to get to the fucking bottom of this once and forall.”
