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“And arrogant, and full of himself, definitely evil, and I hate his guts.”
“Whoa, he really crossed you, considering you only spent, what, an hour with him?”
“You should’ve seen him.” I use my mocking voice again. “‘We should all dress appropriately for the jungle,’ as if he expected me to show up in a skirt and heels.”
“Guess Logan is not used to having a bombshell as a member of his team.”
“Satan,” I correct her. “And bombshell, me? That’s Summer. I’m the tomboy.”
“You’re identical twins, who share 99.99 per cent of your DNA.”
“Still, we couldn’t be more different. Speaking of evil twins… Sorry for monopolizing the conversation, but I needed to vent.”
“No worries.”
“So, Summer.” I go back to the topic Lana meant to discuss earlier. “Tell me everything. Did you speak with her in person?”
“Yeah, she called, asked if I wanted to grab a coffee and talk.”
“You’re a much bigger person than I am; if I’d caught her screwing my boyfriend I’d never talk to her again, even if she’s my sister.”
“You still sound angrier than I am,” Lana notes.
“I told you, you’re the better person. Plus, you have the Sexiest Man Alive to distract you as a consequence of what Summer pulled. I don’t.”
Lana chuckles. “Ah, you have a point. Without Christian in my life, I wouldn’t be so Zen about everything. But, you’re right, Summer’s actions resulted in me being the happiest I’ve ever been, while she… your sister isn’t in good shape, to be honest.”
Some deep, ancestral bond makes my insides twinge with worry. Summer might be the evil twin, but she’s my evil twin.
“How bad?” I ask.
“Nothing obvious on the outside, but it’s like she’s had her spirit broken. She was a ghost of her former self. Promise you’ll go see her when you come back. If I can forgive her, you should, too.”
“You forgave her?”
“As much as I know how. Our friendship won’t ever be the same as before, but I saw no point in holding a grudge forever…”
“Doesn’t the fact that she’s in a relationship with your ex bother you?”
“She and John broke up.”
“What?” I say, straightening up. This is huge. “How? When?”
“After he sold the story to the press, his sorry version of it. She cut him loose after reading the feature.”
“But that was a month ago!”
“You haven’t talked to her in that long?”
“No,” I admit, guilt gnawing at my insides. Before now, Summer and I had never had a fight that lasted this long. “It’s been easier not to call her since I’ve been away.”
The new job starts tomorrow, but I’ve spent the past four weeks in Bangkok on another assignment.
“Anyway,” Lana continues. “Summer told me she was completely blindsided by the magazine piece. John didn’t tell her before going to the press, and she felt like he’d sold her dignity for 10,000 dollars. He didn’t consider for a second what the article would do to her, to her reputation… She also said she hated the way he spoke about me—‘revolting,’ to quote her.”
“Well…” I relax my back against the pillows again. “’Cause he’s a disgusting piece of shit.”
“I guess.”
