Page 6 of How to Get Revenge on a Cheating Ex
I don’t look back as I head for the passenger side door. Grayson shakes his head. “Leave her alone, man.”
“Come on, repeat after me,” Zack continues. “Zack, you look like sh?—”
“Shut up,” I mutter.
“No, I’m serious.” He follows me to my side as I open the door and climb in. “Did your parents implant some sort of chip in your brain that makes it impossible for you to talk like a normal person?”
“Come on, Zack.” Grayson’s voice has that indulgent tone that he always uses when Zack is torturing me. The one that says,I get the joke, bro, but I’ve got to protect my girlfriend.
I hate that tone.
I hate Zack for bringing out that tone.
But what I hate most is that Zack never knows when to quit.
“Or maybe it was Grayson.” Zack rests his elbows on the open window beside me and my head whips to the side to face him.
It’s that weirdness in his voice that made me look, but it’s the hardness in his eyes that has my stomach sinking. Dread fills my gut and slithers through my veins.
And I have no idea why. But somehow, not knowing why he’s acting so strange only makes it worse. I have this sickening sensation that I’m missing something.
Zack pats the inside of the passenger side door, and his gaze never leaves mine. “Maybe good ol’ Grayson here doesn’t approve of his perfect girlfriend cursing like a sailor. Is that it?”
I stare at him, my lips parting in surprise at the change in him.
Grayson is the beloved best friend.Iam the one who gets the brunt of his mockery. But right now, it’s like something has shifted. There’s an edge to his voice when he mentions Grayson.
But Grayson doesn’t seem to notice.
“If you change your mind, man, shoot me a text,” Grayson says as he puts the SUV into gear. “We’ll be at the lake all day.”
Zack doesn’t respond.
Again, Grayson doesn’t notice.
But I can’t ignore the fact that even when Grayson pulls away, and Zack’s forced to step away from the window, his gaze never wavers from mine.
When we pull away from the curb, I look in the passenger side mirror, and there he is. Watching us.
He stands there watching until we drive out of sight.
THREE
THE BREAKUP
Zack
I should care.I really should care.
That’s all I keep thinking as Rina gives methe talk.You know the one. It’s not you, it’s me.
Yeah, of course it’s you, dumbass. You hooked up with my best friend.
That’s what I should say. It’s what Imeanto say. But I’ll be honest—I hadn’t seen this coming.
“It’s just...” Rina’s sigh is filled with sorrow. “I’m going to be gone most of the summer with my family, and in the fall I’m leaving for college.” She places a hand on my arm and squeezes. “I think maybe it’s best if we go our separate ways.”
I stare at her. And quite frankly, I’m speechless.
