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“You can ask me anything.”
“And you’ll be completely honest?” I was irritated even to have to ask him this. Honesty shouldn’t have to be asked or begged for. Ever.
“Yes.” A simple reply. A simple one-syllable word that held the fate of my future in its teeny tiny little hands.
“Did you sleep with Adriana more than once?”
I heard another sigh. I didn’t like that he was taking more than a moment to answer. Time was moving in slow motion as I waited. Why was he hesitating?
“Yes,” he finally answered.
My stomach was in knots, twisted and turned up around itself. I was in physical and emotional pain all over again.
“Siena?”
The tears pooled in my eyes.
“I can’t say I’m sorry enough—”
“For how long?” I cut him off, knowing in my gut that I wasn’t going to like the answer.
“How long what?”
“How long were you sleeping with her?”
“Siena—”
“Just answer the goddamn question!”
He hesitated. I heard him inhale as he approached the firing squad. And I was the one holding the gun. “Two months.”
Tears spilled over as I realized that I had been lied to over and over and over again. “Goodbye, Tim.” I heard him call my name as I disconnected the call. I felt my phone buzzing as I walked to the hotel, completely mortified, utterly devastated. I knew it was Tim. I pulled the phone out and looked at the screen. His profile ID picture of us from my birthday last year popped up. We looked sublimely happy and in love. But as I stared at our faces, faces from what seemed like a lifetime ago, I realized those days were long gone. I didn’t see any way to get past that kind of betrayal, that kind of deceit.Could I? Could I ever trust him again?
I needed to call Audrey back. She would give me the swift kick in the ass that I needed. She didn’t take shit from anyone, especially men. Audrey was a grab ’em by the balls and twisthardkind of girl. And right now, I needed that strength and no holds barred reasoning.
Tim was calling again. Fuck this guy. I threw off my clothes, changed into sweats and a tank, then threw myself across my bed. Another call from Tim. I declined it and pulled up Audrey’s number.
“’Lo,” she answered.
“Can you talk?” My voice hitched as tears I’d been trying to hold back fell around my neck and onto the pillow under my aching head.
“Yeah. Hold on a sec.” I heard her mumbled speech as she talked to someone else on her end. “’Kay. I’m here. Just put my client under the dryer. So, perfect timing. What’s up?”
“I hate him. I really fucking hate him,” I sobbed out.
“Take a breath. Take a breath, Siena.”
I took a deep inhale and exhaled as instructed, calming myself.
“Better?” she asked.
“Yeah. No, but yeah.”
“What happened?”
“I called him back.”
“What’d he say?”
