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“Hey, Dare. Is now a good time?”
I straighten and give the phone a stunned look. “Luce? How are you calling me? I thought rehab didn’t allow cell phones.”
“I found my emergency credit card.”
Dammit. I thought I’d gone over her purse with a fine-toothed comb.
“You realize that whoever owns this number is about to get fired, don’t you?”
“Eh. Didn’t like her anyway.”
I pause. “Did you buy booze with that card?”
“Come on, Dare.”
“Answer the question, Luce.”
“I’m not going to ruin things this time. I told you… I’ll try.”
“Good.” I release a breath. Luce could be lying to my face—or to my ear—but I choose to believe the accident that night scared her into looking seriously at her life and making better decisions.
“I called to see if you were okay. Your girlfriend’s name was trending online. She’s in the middle of getting cancelled.”
“We’re handling it.”
“How?”
“The way we always do. It’s not like this family is a stranger to bad press.”
“Yeah, but this is different. People are saying…”
“I know what they’re saying, Luce.”
“So I’ve been thinking…”
“And that’s where you made your first mistake.”
“If she’s a scam artist—”
“She’s not.”
“But if she is—”
“It’s a ridiculous hypothetical.”
“All I’m saying is, if lying is her job, then she might have scammed you too.”
“You’re wasting your precious cell phone minutes on this?”
“I know you like her, Dare. The timeline of your relationship was sketchy, but I saw the way you looked at her. It’s real for you. But her? She was harder to read. And now this scandal… Have you checked her medical records? Are you sure she is who she says she is?”
“Yaya is not pretending to be deaf so she can steal my money, Luce. I am one hundred percent certain of that.”
“Since you’re so sure, I’ll believe you. Just… be careful.”
“I love you too,” I grumble.
She laughs softly. “How’s Talia?”
