But even as I was saying
it, I knew it wasn’t true.
It must have been someone else’s.
Lucy’s.
Her name vibrated through my brain. Her long dark hair, her perfect body, her straight white teeth – everything about her was
gorgeous. A flash of her in this
room with Cole, out on balcony in his hot tub, flashed through my mind.
Had he done the same things to her that
he’d done to me?
I own you.
Did he own Lucy too?
I stood up, and as I did, I noticed a
post-it note on the counter.
C –
I had a great time with you at the
shoot today. Thanks
for letting me come over , it was amazing .
Xxo,
~L
My breath caught in my chest.
The photo shoot.
It had just been yesterday.
And Cole had brought Lucy back here to do
God knows what.
Hot tears burned in my eyes, and a knot
formed in my stomach.
I put the hair dryer back where I’d found
it and then took the post-it note from where it was sitting on the sink. Then I walked back out into the room
and sat down on the bed.
When Cole got here, I would ask him about
the note.
And this time, I was going to demand
answers.
About everything.
My eyes fell on his suitcase. It was still open, a jumble of clothes
peeking out of the top. But there was something else peeking out of Cole’s bag , too -- a sheaf of papers, folded carefully in half.
The papers Cole had stolen from Gordon’s
office earlier.
They had to be.
My heart pounded in my chest. I walked over and pulled them out of
the suitcase. To look at them
would be a violation of Cole’s privacy, a violation of the trust between us.
What trust? He doesn’t trust you at all. Otherwise he would tell you what the hell was going on in
his life.
My mom’s words echoed in my head again.
He’s done bad things, Avery. Unspeakable things.
I took a deep breath.
Then I unfolded the papers and began to read.
END OF STEPBROTHER
PROTECTS.
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