Page 65 of Sins or Secrets
“Liar, liar, oh my God. Glowing skin like you just had a facial, and hair ruffled like you just woke up, then the dress.You just had sex.”
That fire from earlier rushes over my body and an angry blush flushes in its path.I know without looking in the mirror that I’m crimson and I look guilty as hell.
“There’s no way you could know that,” I say foolishly, as if I don’t know what Bree is like.
Of course she knows. She’s the friend who knows things like that.
“Are you kidding me?” She laughs.“You did. You totally did. Please for the love of all things sane tell me it was with Logan.”
“Oh Bree.” I blow out a ragged breath and bring my hand to my head.
She jumps up and down with delight at my surrender.
“Oh my God, tell me what happened.Did you go to his house?”
“No, I just went to his office to talk about last night.”
“Wait what? His office!” She gasps letting out a loud shriek that sounds like a chorus of kids unwrapping their presents on Christmas morning.Anyone would think we were talking about her.“And what happened last night?”
“We kissed.”
“This is so juicy. Oh my word.So what happened after? Are you going to see him again?I don’t mean working here. I mean outside of this.”
“I left after. He had a meeting.” There’s no need to tell her the nitty gritty of that embarrassment.“And no, I don’t think I know what to do about seeing him again.”
“Quinn…” Her mouth opens and shock registers on her face but then understanding seems to come into hereyes.“You still have feelings forhim.It was really obvious from that first night when I went to see you at themotel.”
I dip my head and nod. “It doesn’t mean anythingthough.”
“Why not? Why can’t it?”
I shake my head. The past is eating me up from the inside out and eventually I’m going to crack.Not facing what happened to me while I was in L.A was easier amongst the sea of pretentious bitches who pretended to befriends.It was even easier when I went to Juilliard because I didn’t know anyonethere.
Being back here though, and associating with those who were closest to me, like Bree, ishard.
“My head’s all over the placeBree.It’s like for the last ten years I … well I don’t know if I’m coming orgoing.”
She takes both my hands intohers.“You haven’t told me the full story yet about thepast.I won’t pretend I’m not dying toknow.I also know you very well and I realized it must have been pretty bad for you to keep quiet for so long and not want to speak aboutit.”
“Yeah. Itwas.”
“You broke up with Logan because of your father didn’t you?Logan said you wanted to focus on Juilliard, but like I said I know you and I don’t think that was entirelytrue.Wasit?”
I’m amazed she could see through the lie and Logan couldn’t.But realistically it was better that hedidn’t.Saferthat hedidn’t.
“No it wasn’t true.”
“So it was yourfather?”
“Yeah.”
“Well, I don’t mean to be disrespectful or speak ill of the dead, but he’s not here anymore, Quinn.”
“I know, but there’s more to the story thanthat.”
“Yes, I figured as much.”
“It’s complicated when it comes to Logan.It was never that I didn’t want to be with himthough.”
