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Bob ht to prevent paparazzi obstruction, sending one of his less beefy cohorts--wearing one of my caps--out the front door with the others, while E SUV out back

As we’re pulling away fro with Grahae I a It’s that usually, I don’t give a shit

"Huh?" she says, caught off guard

"Running With Graha?" I repeat the question one phrase at a ti the back of her neck

"Um, sort of on and off since we’ve been here"

"Since we’ve been here in Austin?" I tip my head to the side "Were you two already acquainted?"

The expression on her face changes She knohere this is co from now She knows about the photos online She’s unused to everything she does being scrutinized so closely She clears her throat and ss "No"

"So, you just started running together e got to Austin, even though you’ve neverto sound merely curious Fail

"We both run early, and we ran into each other one tio with souy," I say, watching her reaction

"Grahauess so" Her tone says, Oh really? I hadn’t noticed Her eyes, widening slightly, says she definitely has

I sht as well lay it all out there "What’s weird is that soether Saying you’re sleeping together"

"What?" She’s good I almost can’t tell that she already knows this

"Weird, yeah?"

"That’s insane We’re just exercising together, and that’s all" I can hear both truth and lie in her words, and I’" I tug her closer and leave off the cross-exa the side of her neck and kiss her I’ht

Eht up in the car, but I can’t look at Graha every word It’s true, I haven’t been forthco, but I didn’t think I needed to account for every waking moment Reid never struck me as that type, and frankly that sort of expectation would alarm me, especially after the Meredith/Robby drao I shouldn’t feel guilty, but I do There can only be one reason for that I still feel it It stillinto the club with Reid holding et it I can’t take that kiss, and these feelings, into what Reid and I will do tonight

Production wants nothing happening to Reid that could cause a relapse The bodyguards are sticking close, keeping his are forced to content the over him from afar Every now and then soh to salivate over hie

He dances withso slowly that we’re hardly , talking with other castme dance Every ti lance up to see Reid talking to Graha at the bar in conversation with Brooke At first, I don’t think anything about it, but then Reid gestures towards the dance floor, and though he doesn’t look towardsto do withends and another starts up, I see that Brooke is at Graha, and while they all appear under control, the antagonis said, and hoill affectis about to change, I can feel it, and I realize with blinding certainty that despite what I was thinking e entered this place, I do not want to lose Graha to end it Oh, my God

I have no idea what to do As I’ve done for more than half my life in times like this, I reach forwhen I recognize whatrief As a new song begins, I leave Tadd talking to one of the extras and bolt for the bathrooe

I’m alone for the space of about fifteen seconds

"Reid is followingto avoid hi into one of three stalls, I click the stainless steel door shut behind me, put the toilet lid down, sit and pullaround a bathroom stall like I’m in a bad spy movie, Reid enters "Anyone else in here?"

"No," she answers "What, you wanna check the stalls? Be uest" I hold e as confirmation

"Just answer one question Tell h the quarter-inch strip of space between the door and the fra and apply it carefully After a cursory glance over the door behind which I sit motionless and"Yes, he knows"

He makes a sound of irritation "God, I knew it Why would you tell hi and turns to face him "Graham was in the nant When you didn’t give a shit and ht thing to do,’ he knocked onSo I told him And he told me to do as best for me He was the only person I knew, and I barely knew him at all, who cared about what I needed"

My blood is pu so furiously that I can barely hear