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“And?”
She swallowed. “Well, there was a situation with me spilling something on my sweatshirt and having to change in the bathroom…he sort of walked in.”
Confused, I shook my head. “I don’t get it.”
She parked in front of her house, then gripped the steering wheel until her knuckles turned white.
“My father had apparently insinuated to Colson that I was in the building, waiting for him because I had to give him something. It was just a clusterfuck. Anyway, when he walked in, it sort of seemed like I had stripped and was waiting for him.”
My poor, poor friend. I would have died. “What did he do when he saw you?”
Her blue eyes widened as she looked at me. “He blurted that he had a girlfriend and then fled the room like he was on fire.”
Bringing her hands to her face, she whined. “I was so embarrassed.”
“Have you seen him since?”
“Yes, that’s the worst part.” She dropped her hands and unclicked her seat belt. “He saw me in the grocery store once and completely changed direction mid-walk.”
I cringed. “Oh man, that’s pretty bad.”
“Yes, and now if I want that beautiful house, I’ll have to live right next door to him. I can’t do that.”
Opening her door, she rushed out.
“Wait, we need to talk about this!” I called after her as she hurried up her steps.
She didn’t even wait for me as she unlocked the door. “I need vodka!”
* * *
By the timeI left Nora’s house, it was close to five. Her parents had gotten home, breaking up our party and ending her fun. I had stayed sober, knowing I had to still do a delivery for Davis, except now there was no way I’d make it by six.
Pulling my cell out, I decided to call him, mostly because I was too mentally exhausted to text.
Davis picked up on the third ring. “Hello?”
I smiled, but it was futile, he couldn’t see me.
“Hey, uh…it’s—”
“Rae.” His deep voice sent shivers down my skin, reminding me what he’d done to me on that counter just a few days prior.
“Yeah. Look, I had an emergency come up, and I’m just now getting out of it. I know you needed that delivery tonight, and I had said six, but—”
He cut me off. “It’s fine.”
I hesitated, unsure if he meant it was fine if I came later, or if I didn’t come at all.
“So, you want me to arrange it for tomorrow?”
His silence made me feel uneasy as I crested the steps to my house.
“Is that what you want?”
“I…” What did I want? I wanted to see him, but I didn’t want him to know that, and more importantly, I was falling for him again, too easily, and deep down, I knew he’d hurt me. “I think tomorrow would be better.”
The lie tasted like acid on my tongue, but I couldn’t give him a pass. Not when there was still this massive lie and offense that sat between us, whether he knew about it or not. I did, and I owed my younger self the loyalty required to ice him out.
