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“I heard about that,” Katie said. “You just didn’t hear everything.”
The heat inside Celia shifted. “Malcolm?”
Katie rolled her eyes. “No, you know how tight-lipped my brother can be. But Blake was there, and he’s never been able to keep a secret. Like this one.” She pointed to her friend.
Erin shrugged. “I take that as a compliment. But let’s focus. So you thought the guy you were sleeping with was talking shit about you?”
The heat moved into Celia’s cheeks. “I never said—”
Erin waved her protest away. “No, but it’s pretty obvious you two had sex. Did you know you’d misunderstood at the time?”
“Of course not. I never would have…” Celia frowned. Her fingers curled into her rubber band. “And I already apologized to him. I was completely in the wrong.”
“Still, at the time, you thought he was being a jerk and telling his friend something personal you’d shared with him.” Erin shrugged, leaning back again. “I’d have probably punched him. Kay?” She looked over at her friend.
Katie looked away, but nodded. “I would have shouted at him, too.”
Celia’s mind went blank as she stared at the women.
Erin grinned at her. “So normal, not crazy. You got anything else to convince me?”
Celia frowned at her. “Afterward, I stormed over to my ex’s house.”
“Oh, ho!” Erin laughed. “You must have been all riled up.” She winked at her. “I wish I could have seen it.”
Celia’s fingers loosened as she leaned forward. “You don’t understand. It was midnight, and I pounded on his door. A brunette woman answered in her nightie.”
Katie frowned. “I thought Blake told me it was a blonde.”
Celia closed her eyes, realizing Katie had been right. Blake apparently blabbed things. “It had been.”
“Oh, damn, and he was already with a new bimbo?” Erin leaned forward again. “This is getting good.”
Celia frowned. “Actually, the brunette turned out to be really nice. She—”
Erin groaned, interrupting. “Seriously, chick? Don’t ruin the story.” She waved her hand again. “What did you do once she answered?”
“When Daniel came out, I started screaming at him. All the things that had bothered me about when I first moved here came spewing from my mouth. I couldn’t stop it.”
Erin shrugged. “I would have decked him.”
Katie rolled her eyes. “I swear, you’re just like Malcolm. It’s like I have two brothers.”
“Don’t try to get out of it. What would you have done, Kay?”
Katie frowned. “Is all I heard true? He asked you to marry him, to move here with him?”
Celia hesitated, but then nodded.
“And on the first day you showed up, some other woman came and basically kicked you out? With no place to go, no job, and no money?”
Celia cringed. “It wasn’t his fault that I didn’t look for a job, or have any money. I should have—”
It was Katie who held up a hand this time. “Yes or no?”
Celia bit her lip. “Yes.”
“Then I would have decked him, too. Maybe we should all pay him another visit.”
