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find me? David had made it clear that I shouldn’t expect to see Greyson until tomorrow. What did it mean that he had come to find me this evening?
    I hurried to the desk and picked up the phone. I dialed the numbers quickly and held my breath. I wasn’t sure if I’d be able to get through the night without sobbing my eyes out if I didn’t get to talk to Katie.
    “Hello?” Her voice sounded tired, but I didn’t care.
    “It’s me.” I whispered into the phone.
    “Meg!” she screeched, and my heart warmed as I smiled. How I loved Katie! She was more than my best friend – she was like my sister. “What is going on? Where are you?”
    “I’m still at the club.” I spoke into the phone softly and looked around the room, paranoid that someone was spying on me somehow.
    “Why are you whispering?” She sounded concerned. “What’s wrong?”
    “Nothing. Look, I need to ask you something. Where is Brandon?”
    “Brandon, honey. Meg’s on the phone !” Katie sounded loved up as she whispered to Brandon and I wanted to shout at her. I heard him saying something to her, but I couldn’t quite hear what he was saying.
    “Katie!” I said her name, loudly this time.
    “Yes, Meg?” This time, she sounded confused.
    “Can you get away from Brandon for a moment?”
    “Yeah? Why?”
    “I need to talk to you. And I need to make sure that Brandon isn’t around.”
    “Oh my God, what’s going on?” Katie sounded slightly panicked. “Hold on, Meg. Brandon, I need to talk to her first.”
    “What’s going on, Katie?”
    “Brandon, she needs to tell me something.” Katie’s voice was sharp and I could hear something akin to fear in her tone. “What’s it about, Meg?”
    “Katie, I told you I didn’t want Brandon to know.”
    “We don’t have secrets.” Katie’s voice was petulant and I wanted to scream. She hadn’t seen the man in seven years and already she was taking his side over mine.
    “Tell him I know about his ‘college fiancée’ Maria.” I spouted out.
    “Maria?” Katie sounded confused. “How did you hear about that?”
    “You know about Maria?” It was my turn to be confused.
    “Didn’t I tell you? He was only dating her because her dad used to work for him. I told you that Maria and Matt and Will are all related , right?”
    “Wait, what? Are you talking about the new Maria , or his college fiancée Maria?”
    “Why would I be talking about his college fiancé e?” Katie sounded confused, and then I heard her gasp.
    “Meg.” Brandon’s voice was smooth and firm as he spoke into the phone. “Are you okay?”
    “I’m fine.”
    “How are you making this call?”
    “What are you talking about?” I feigned ignorance.
    “You need to leave the club right now, Meg. I told you that you shouldn’t be there.”
    “How did you know that, Brandon?”
    “What do you mean?”
    “Does Katie know that you started the club?”
    He was silent on the other side and so I continued. “Does Katie know the truth about Maria? Does she even know that you’re planning on coming here tomorrow?”
    “Meg, you don’t understand,” he pleaded. “Please.”
    “Please what?” I screeched. “You and Greyson are freaks.”
    “You don’t understand.” He sighed. “ Greyson isn’t like most men.”
    “What does that mean?” I sat down on the chair. I couldn’t stop myself from gripping the phone tightly. I wanted to know more about Greyson, even if it was from Brandon.
    “What is going on, Brandon?” Katie’s voice was loud and she sounded angry. I knew that she had finally figured out that there was more going on here than met the eye.
    “Meg, I have to tell you that whatever you heard, it wasn’t my fault. I didn’t know.” His voice was bleak.
    “But you lied about...”
    “We were both heartbroken when she died.” He whispered and then the phone disconnected. I sat there feeling numb and whispered into the dead phone. “But you lied about dating Maria in college.”