Page 72 of Spiralling Skywards
I watched Sarahleave in silence, but when Will rose to follow her, I found my voice.
“Where are you going?”
“To see if she’s okay.”
“No. You stay right the fuck where you are. I know what you’re doing, and if you think for one minute I’m just gonna sit here and let it happen, you’ve got another thing coming.”
“Are you sleeping with my sister?” Luke asked through gritted teeth.
“None of your fucking business.” I stood up, intending to go to try talking to Sarah again, but then thought better of it and sat back down. “Actions spoke louder than words,” she’d said, well, I’d give her both, I’d give her everything. I’d show her and I’d tell her what she meant to me. I’d be up front, honest, and totally transparent with everyone involved.
“I love your sister, Luke. Like it or not, that’s just the way it is. She’s not what I was expecting to find when I got here, and she certainly isn’t what I thought I wanted, but there ya go. We’ve spent a month sneaking around until we were sure of our feelings. We didn’t do that to piss you off, we did it because if it wasn’t going anywhere, then Sarah didn’t wanna be causing any friction between you and me.”
My head ached, and I felt almost overwhelmed with frustration at the night’s turn of events.
“We came to your house to tell you what was going on tonight, and instead, we found Olivia there.”
This is the part where I was worried things would all kick off again, and I was as shocked as shit when Luke actually remained fairly calm as I explained what happened with Olivia before I left for England, the claim that she’d made in his kitchen and the ultimatum she’d made before she left.
The room was silent for a beat before Luke responded.
“She’s pregnant? Jesus, Del.”
“Unless she’s lying about it, yeah, but it’s not mine. I used a condom, there is no way that baby’s mine.”
“So why’s she here? I don’t get it, surely she doesn’t expect you to just believe her and skip off back to Australia with her?”
“D’ya know what? I actually think she did.” I went on to explain the threats that Olivia had made and that I intended to ignore them. Luke was aware of what was at stake with my divorce and he understood the reasons for me blanking Sarah in front of her.
“I had no clue I was gonna come here and things would happen the way they have with Sarah, but even without her in the equation, I shouldn’t have gone there with Liv.”
“So Sarah knew you were married? Before tonight, she knew?” Sasha asked.
“I told her Saturday that I was married but separated. I wasn’t completely honest, and that’s why she’s so pissed off.”
“You didn’t tell her about fucking your wife before you left Australia?” Will asked.
I swear if that fucker said one more word, I was gonna knock him out. I took a deep breath in through my nose.
“No, Will. Like I said, I wasn’t completely honest with her, but you’d know all about that, wouldn’t you?”
We both stood.
“What the fuck is going on with you two tonight?” Sasha asked.
I didn’t wanna call Will out in front of Luke, but he was pissing me off with his judgemental holier-than-thou attitude and comments.
“Oh my fucking God.” Luke stepped away from the windowsill he’d been leaning against.
“It’s her. It’s Sarah. The ‘it’s complicated’ girl. It’s my sister, isn’t it?”
Will’s shoulders sagged and his cheeks turned pink, instantly making me think of Sarah. For just a split second, I’d almost felt sorry for Will. Then her image popped into my head, with her one dimple and flushed chest, neck and cheeks, and it was back to game on. He was my competition and had feelings for the girl I was in love with, so any thoughts of sympathy were gone, buried, forgotten.
“I don’t fucking believe this. Both of you? My business partnerandmy best friend, you both have a thing for my sister. Unbelievable. Un-fucking-believable. What about you?”
He turned to Sasha. “You got anything to tell me? You got a secret crush on my sister too?”
Sasha looked down at her lap, gave a slight smile but didn’t seem to find Luke’s attempt at humour in the least funny.
