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We stared at each other for about fiveunderneath it all I was either a part of the private club or our friendship as we kneas over
“I’h I was unsure of what I was doing
“Good That’s what I thought you’d say” He rolled over and pulled some money out of his pocket “Get me a slice of pepperoni and a Coke Also, tell Jane that she can come to the room at about nine pm I’ll be ready for her then”
“I thought you were dating Lucia now”
“Lucia was so last week” He laughed then, a boyish, charisirls fell in love with him This was the Greyson the world saw They didn’t see the sometimes dark and sinister side of him “And you know I don’t date I fuck”
“You’re so crude”
“Stick with o far” He handed ers through his blond hair “We’re about to turn eighteen, Brandon This is our time to take control of our lives”
“Fine, fine”
“Trustfor us” He grinned atback His exciteious, and I felt a thrill of adrenaline run through e our lives”
And for once, he’d been right The private club had changed both of our lives, and now I needed to make sure that it didn’t ruin the rest of my life
“Brandon, lunch is ready,” Katie’s voice called out to me from the kitchen, and my heart skipped a beat
I still couldn’t believe that she was here with me My Katie The love of my life and dreams In fact, it still seemed like a drea ofrehtmare
“I’ about my options “What’s for lunch?” I walked into the kitchen and gave Katie a kiss on the cheek
“What do you want?” She grinned up at estively
“No I thought you wanted to wait to have another baby until after ere hed as she put her arainst me
“Are you saying you don’t want to have sex again until we’re married?”
“Is that a trick question?” I kissed her lips softly and ran o one day without, but there was nothing er sooner rather than later A part of me hoped that if ere married by the time she found out the truth, it would be harder for her to leave me
“I can’t plan a wedding in half a day” She giggled “Plus, I need to talk to Meg She needs to knoe’re getting married”
“Oh?” My body froze “How is she?”
“I’m not sure” She looked up at me and frowned “Remember she went to that interview at that private club? Well, she got offered the job but is on a three-day probationary period She gave ain until after the probationary period”
“Oh?”
“It just seehed “I’m a bit worried actually It’s not like her I’ve never heard about a job like this It just doesn’t sound right, does it?”
“I don’t know” I cleared h my hair
“You said you knew the private club though, right?” She looked up at it?”
I stared at her for a few seconds, not knohat to say How could I tell her the truth without telling her ht back to that day in high school and wished that I had said no to Greyson I wished that I had gone for the pizza and left the roo Greyson as a best friend I didn’t knohat to tell, Katie How could I tell her that her best friend was in danger and it was all my fault—in more ways than one?
I leaned down and crushedher squirainst ainst ainst ht myself a few hours I kissed Katie, but my mind was on the previous phone call I had no idea what I was going to do If I told Katie about the private club, I didn’t knohat she was going to do
I’d never had a probleht it was because I’d never been in love before and I’d never worried that I wasn’t good enough for someone before There were so many reasons why it shouldn’t have worked with her, but it had She’d fallen as deeply in love with hteen In fact, I’d been over the al If she’d been seventeen, that would have been it I couldn’t and wouldn’t have dated her if she had been seventeen I hadn’t even cared that she’d lied about her age I would have been a hypocrite if I’d cared I’d lied about so s myself
I thought that’s why I was so jealous and scared No one would have believed that Brandon Hastings was a big wuss on the inside Well, to be fair, I was only a hen it came to Katie I’d been so scared that the truth would come out and she would leaveto do was just end it and wait But then Harry had coed My priorities and plans had changed I’d wanted to tell Katie the truth—ood tiht ti was still so precarious between us and I didn’t want to risk Katie walking away again I didn’t want to risk her hating ive myself if she took Harry and left Life wouldn’t be worth living then
“I’m worried” Katie cli’s not answering her phone”
“Maybe she’s in bed?”
“All day?” Katie shook her head “I’ve been calling and texting her all day”
“I thought you said she couldn’t talk while at the training?”
“Yeah, but what sort of job takes your phone away I have a friend who got a job at the White House and she still texts all day Shoot, she sent us all a photo of the Oval Office a couple of o”
“Really?” I frowned “That sounds a bit shady”
“She was fired recently” Katie laughed “I’ainst protocol, but at least they never took her phone”
“Maybe her new job is very private? It is a private club after all”
“The operative word in your sentence is club, Brandon” Katie rested her head on my chest “Why does a club need to take your phone away? What the hell is happening in there?”
I shrugged and kissed the top of her head “I’” I looked away fros that had gone down there
“I don’t know,” she sighed “I just can’t stop thinking about her Meg’s not liketo investigate and try and get to the botto on, then she could be in trouble”