Page 25 of Mistaken Identity
“I have no reason not to,” I answered as I thought about why I hadn’t been able to go hard lately.
I was raising a child.
A child that I now knew the parentage of and should definitely tell the father.
Fuck.
Fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck!
I’d never been so mad in my life.
Mad at Laney.
Mad at the situation.
Mad at Laney’s parents.
Mad at everything and everyone.
Well, everyone but the one that I probably had the second most right to be mad at.
The woman who was trying really hard to appear like she was enjoying herself but wasn’t.
“Drinking for all the time I’ve missed out the last two years,” I said stiffly.
I felt more than saw Webber’s face turn to survey me.
“What’s wrong?” he asked.
I shook my head. “You just got married. I’m not laying my troubles at your feet when you should be enjoying yourself and forgetting everyone and everything but her.”
He snorted. “Yeah, because that’s going to make me not want to know what’s going on.”
I shrugged. “I…”
“Audric.” He paused. “Or should I call you Audi?”
I blew out a disgusted breath. “Definitely shouldn’t go there.”
Apollo sat down on the other side of me, and he leaned forward as he stared at the same two women we were.
“How do you know the flight attendant?” Apollo asked.
I turned to look at him. “Why do you ask?”
He tapped his lip for a few seconds before he said, “I don’t think I should tell you.”
I narrowed my eyes. “Apollo, I’ve known that woman for close to three-quarters of my life. She was Laney’s best friend.”
He nodded. “Just because she was Laney’s best friend doesn’t mean that you know anything about her.”
To be honest, he was right.
I didn’t know her nearly as well as I thought I once did.
“Hung out with her every day through fourth grade. I wouldn’t exactly say that we were best friends, because that was what Laney and her had. And Laney and I had. She was just the common denominator between us. But I know her family. Know her mom. Know she lost a child. Even babysat that child for her when she had to work.”
Apollo seemed to hesitate for a few long seconds before he said, “Looked into that douchebag of a pilot. Heard y’all’s conversation. Knew that she was lying because no way would you go there with your wife’s best friend. So I wanted to know what was going on.”
