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Chance chimed in, “So you ran into each other at a bar?”
She immediately turned to glare at her brother. “Yeah, Chance. But since you’re so adamant about knowing everything about my life, let me break it down for you.”
“Hazel—”
She interrupted me. “The night before I left for New York, I threw myself at your best friend. In this very bedroom to be exact. It was during his graduation party. I waited for him on that bed.” She nodded to it. “Would you like to know what I was wearing?”
“Hazel,” Chance warned. “Don’t fuck with me.”
“After I offered your best friend my virginity and kissed him like I’ve never kissed anyone, he turned me down. But I couldn’t take no for an answer, so I took off my clothes and told him I’d been in love with him since I was eight. You remember the day I got pushed off the monkey bars, and Ledger came to my defense? Well, instant fucking crush on him!”
Chance jerked back. “How did I not know this?”
“Because I pretended it didn’t kill me every time he was with another girl! And you and I both know—Ledger always had some chick he was fucking. Except me, of course!”
He shook his head. “I can’t believe this.”
“Well, believe it. I tried to get over him, but I couldn’t. He was part of the reason I moved away for college in the first place.”
It was my turn to jerk back. I didn’t expect her to say that.
“Thanks to you, he turned me down like I meant nothing. Okay? Your best friend, the one you’re furious with right now, broke my heart for his loyalty and friendship with you. He choseyouover me. So the next time you start throwing blows, remember I was humiliated to think that he’d love me over you.”
Chance’s stare moved to me. “Is this true?”
I slowly nodded, trying to process everything in a matter of seconds.
“To make matters worse because I wasn’t heartbroken enough, he fucked Marie right after he kicked me out of his bedroom. That was super fun to watch.”
I instantly spoke up, “I didn’t fuck her.”
We locked eyes.
I added, “I just made you think I did.”
“Because you hadn’t destroyed me enough?” she baited.
“I wanted you to hate me.”
“Mission accomplished.”
“So you lied to me?” Chance questioned, bringing our attention over to him.
“I asked you point blank what happened with Hazel in your bedroom.”
“What?” She gasped, meeting his gaze. “You knew?”
He shrugged. “I saw you come out of this room crying minutes after Ledger left. What did you expect? That I wouldn’t confront him about it?”
“Oh my God.” She placed her hands on her face. “It was all a show.”
I drawled, “Something like that.”
Chance understood. “I guess that explains why you never like to come home.”
“Ledger made sure of that when he kicked me out of his life after his mom’s funeral. Now let’s fast-forward to three months ago, shall we? This jaunt down memory lane is just so much fun.”
Chance paid attention to her every word.
