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Virginia Stone.
Even when I stopped by Stone House, Mrs. Alice turned me away, saying that Mr. Stone was no longer in residence. That I should try calling him.
Everyone I reached out to say the same damn thing.
Call Montana.
Plopping down on the couch, I screamed, “Answer your damn phone, asshole!”
“Problems?” Tia said, sitting on the sofa beside me.
“He won’t answer my calls.”
“Thought you didn’t want him anymore.”
“I just want to talk to him.”
“Gotta say Tessa, it seems the time for talking has passed. He’s clearly avoiding you. Why not just move on? That’s what you wanted, anyway.”
Glaring at Tia, I sneered, “Jesus Tia. What the hell? You’ve been a real bitch lately. What’s changed? I thought you were team Montana all the way?”
My best friend shrugged her shoulders. “Changed my mind. Look Tess, I don’t mean to be a bitch about all of this. I’m sorry, but you are better off without him. You said it yourself. His own mother showed up in his room and said you weren’t good enough. Just take York and fucking leave. He doesn’t want you anymore.”
Tilting my head, I looked at my best friend as fear rushed through my veins. I never told Tia about that day. Not one word. All I told her was that I got a call from my pastor and rushed home to be with my mom. The only person I ever told about that day was Montana, and I knew damn well he said nothing.
That meant only one thing.
Tia knew because she was there. She was the woman who confronted me that day three years ago. And then it all made sense. Tia was an actress. A very good actress. Even back then, she excelled at her craft. It would be nothing for her to dress up, wear make-up, and throw her voice. I would never know.
But why? Why warn me away from Montana?
Cautiously, I whispered, “Tia. I never told you about a woman.”
Tia sighed. “Damn.”
“Tia, what’s going on?” I asked, and that was when my best friend smiled evilly at me. “All you had to do was go back home, but you couldn’t even do that. Could you?”
Backing up, I got to my feet. “What?”
“He was mine!” she shouted, making me flinch. “I loved him. I gave him everything. Then one day he sees you and I become nothing. Just dirt beneath his feet. He left me hanging. Even when I tried to tell him I was pregnant. He didn’t believe me. He sent his fucking lap dog Mercy to make sure I got the abortion. Told me I either got rid of the kid or he was going to get rid of me!”
Backing away, I shook my head.
She was wrong.
Montana would never do that.
He wouldn’t.
Not after everything.
He wouldn’t kill his own child.
She was lying.
“You lied. There was no baby. You wanted to trap him, and when he found out, he ran you out of the city. That’s why you transferred to UCLA at the end of freshman term.”
“All because he found a new fuck toy.”
