Page 53 of Secrets and Lies

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West: a good person would stop texting with me so I don’t keep dropping drunken truth bombs like this

Anthony: I’m not a good person

Anthony: but I do have something in common with you

West: what?

Anthony: you want to get fucked, right?

West: yeah

Anthony: well good news because I want to fuck you

“Can you at least go over there and ignore us?” Rath gives me a little shove.

I flip them off but move over so I’m against the wall. Now I don’t have to worry about my surroundings while I’m distracted.

West: I don’t know what to say to that

Anthony: what was your first reaction when you read it?

West: I’m not telling you

I smirk at my phone.

Anthony: you got hard, didn’t you

West: maybe

Anthony: then what did you feel?

West: I don’t want to say

Anthony: tell me

West: excited

Anthony: about the idea of getting fucked?

Anthony: or about the idea of me fucking you?

West: I don’t want to answer that

Anthony: tell me

West: the second one

Anthony: now was that so hard?

West: no but I still am

West: I really need my brain to tell my fingers to stfu

West: who are you?

Anthony: do you really want me to tell you?

There’s a long pause, and I drink down a few swallows of my beer while I wait for his answer.

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