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Chapter 18

Another sip. Two sips. “He says you know Pete.”

“I do,” I lie.

“Who is he?”

“My boyfriend.” I clear my throat, act nervous, and begin to shake my head. “Well, he used to be my boyfriend. Pete and I broke up. I dumped his ass. The shit cheated me. He fucked around with a twenty-year-old boy who sells ice cream for a living. It was pathetic. I caught the two of them together last weekend. A sad sight.” The lies pour out of me. Easy-breezy shit. I should be a fucking screenplay writer. I should be writing in Hollywood, getting paid big bucks and have all the pretty boys that look like Rock Hudson blow me. Fuck yeah.

He downs the rest of my drink and places the empty glass on the table. Licks his top lip. Stares at me. “So Darsey wants to play best friend and beat the pulp out of him for you. Do some payback. Do you think this is what he wants?”