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I pulled my hands away and folded them in my lap "If that’s true, then what the hell happened?"
He clenched the hand I’d let go of into a fist and staredto a phone call from my dad He had some questions forfor school based on a ruasped "Your parents think that I’ et an idea like that?"
"I proet to that part in a minute, but I want you to understand why I listened to the story at all If it had been anyone but my dad, I swear to you that I wouldn’t have considered for a second that it could be true But he’d asked the security consultant at his company to run a quick check on your dad’s finances before he called s,this past summer My dad should have waited forme, but he was concerned Hell, I should have asked more questions, but I was crushed by the idea that it could be true"
"Your dad had ated?" I asked "What the hell?"
"I know it sounds bad, and I’ve already had it out with my dad after I talked to Jackson He feels horrible about the trouble he caused, and he wants to apologize to both you and your dad We both handled this badly, in part because neither of us knew that the source of the bad infor to sit there and bla tone of voice
"That’s not what I’ If I had just waited instead of flying off the handle, things wouldn’t have gone down the way they did That’s on me, and I learned ize and explain for two fucking days Trust ain"
"I still don’t understand What happened exactly and hoas Sasha involved?"
"I haven’t talked to her about it, but Jackson and I think we figured out what happened after talking to o from Sasha’s mom, who told her that she orried about how quickly our relationshipinto with you Theyto listen to her bad-mouth you without cause And that’s when she dropped the bo on thisaround the school that you were selling sex to pay for college She didn’t have any details, but she thought my mom should know because where there’s smoke there’s usually a fire Sasha had approached her mom and supposedly asked for advice on whether or not to ask ht Like she needs advice to figure out a way to try to tearthe idea ridiculous
"I think Sasha knew exactly what she was doing She had to know that her mom would come to mine with her concerns and eventually it would filter down tofrom her and I would be more likely to listen Of course ht it was too risky not to check into the story She played all of us perfectly, and it almost worked"
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"Baby, no I didn’t, not really If I had waited at all before confronting you, I never would have handled it the way I did I know that’s not the type of person you are There isn’t a chance in hell that you would ever do that, but I letclose to you fuck with my head I swear to God that I would have realized what the hell I was saying if you had just stayed a little longer and talked to me"
"No way! Why would I stay and listen to that bullshit? You would never put up with that kind of crap froued
He shook his head and raised his hands in the air in a gesture of et why you left I don’t bla I refuse to lose you over some stupid story that I shouldn’t have listened to in the first place"
"Then why did you listen?"
"Because it was my dad How could I not listen to hihts you offered What the hell was I supposed to think?" he asked, frustrated, as he stood and started to pace the floor "I wasn’t even thinking, not really It wasn’t until you were gone and Jackson nailed me with a punch that I started to think clearly He knocked some sense back into h I was still a little pissed off We needed to talk, but you were gone Disappeared into thin air You wouldn’t answer ure out what the fuck was going on, and then Jackson found me outside your dorm He calmed down and wanted to knohat happened So I told hih his ass off I swear to God, I alure out what the hell was so funny until he told hts"