Page 124 of Tight Ends & Tiaras
“That shit’s not even legal!” Janelle shrieks after Ben describes what’s in the video. “You can’t hack people’s security systems like that!”
“What are you going to do, sue me?” I laugh. It’s an evil inclination to taunt this woman, but she has no clue who she’s dealing with, and I’m tired of her crap. “I’m not using this in a court of law. Merely to prove that you’re lying about wanting to get back with Ben. Unless you plan to juggle Ben and Ernest at the same time?”
When she doesn’t say anything, I forge ahead.
“Do your parents even know why you went to Ben in the first place?” I explain how she told Ben that she was afraid of Ernest, that he’d become violent.
“What?” her mother cries. “Janelle, you never told me that.”
“But is it true?” I ask. “That’s the question. Based on the way she locked lips with the man in the video, I’m guessing it’s not. Janelle, you’ve been lying all summer. How are we supposed to know what’s true?”
Janelle stands up so quickly, her chair falls over. “You’re one to talk, bitch!”
“What are you talking about?” Ben asks. “Sienna’s been nothing but loyal. She’s taken care of Lily while I was at practice or class or studying. She’s been there for me every step of the way. Where were you?”
“She’s not who she says she is. She’s just a lying, fake bitch.”
It takes me a moment for her words to sink in.
And then my heart pounds and sweat breaks out all over my body when I realize what she’s really saying.
I glance at Ben, regret making my throat tight.
Because this isn’t how I wanted him to find out.
