Behind the Mask by Dana Ridenour

Author:Dana Ridenour [Ridenour, Dana]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Dana Ridenour
Published: 2016-04-05T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO

Savannah

When Savannah arrived back at her dorm, both Haley and Nick were waiting for her. “Hey, guys. What’s up?”

Nick was lounging on Savannah’s bed with a beer in his hand. He got up, walked over, and hugged Savannah. “Hey, babe, where have you been?”

“Class.”

“You’ve been at class all day?” Nick inquired.

“Yeah, why?” Savannah bit her lip. She didn’t like lying to Nick, but because of his suspicious nature, she didn’t want to tell him she was with Lexie.

“I drove over to meet you after your history class this morning, and you weren’t there. I wanted to surprise you and take you for coffee. The redheaded girl you usually walk out with told me you weren’t in class, so where were you, Savannah?”

“Jesus, Nick! Why the inquisition?”

Nick cleared Savannah’s desk with a single sweep. Her books and a coffee mug crashed to the floor. Savannah gasped and jumped out of the way.

“I’m trying to figure out why you lied to me and where the hell you’ve been all day.”

Savannah took a moment to regain her composure. Her knees were weak and shaking. “If you must know, I met Lexie for coffee and shopping. We spent the day relaxing and hanging out.”

Nick clenched his teeth. “What did you tell Lexie?” he asked.

“I didn’t tell Lexie anything.” Savannah’s breathing was labored and shallow. “We just hung out and shopped. Why on earth do you think I would tell Lexie anything about what we did?”

“Then why did you fucking lie to me?”

“Maybe I didn’t feel the need to justify every minute of my day to you. You certainly don’t share your comings and goings with me, and you’re way more mysterious than me.”

Nick abruptly grabbed Savannah’s wrist. “I’m trying to protect you, Savannah, so I’m asking you again: what did you tell Lexie?”

Savannah flinched. “You’re hurting me.” She jerked her wrist from his grasp. “I didn’t tell her a fucking thing, Nick!”

Haley stepped forward. “Let’s all calm down. We can sit down and discuss this quietly without all the neighbors hearing our conversation.”

Savannah tossed her backpack and purse in the corner and flopped down on the end of her bed.

Haley took a breath. “Savannah, this is very serious.”

“I know. Don’t you think I know how serious this is? I’m well aware we could all go to jail if I open my mouth to anyone, which is why I have not and I will not ever tell anyone what we did.”

“Lower your voice, Savannah,” Nick whispered. “We need to discuss this quietly and rationally. We shouldn’t be discussing the subject inside.”

“You should’ve thought of that before grabbing me and accusing me of betraying you. I’m just defending myself in my own home. You and Haley ambushed me.”

“Maybe we came on a little strong,” Nick said in a gravelly voice. “Haley thought you were a little upset this morning when you left for class, so I decided to meet you for coffee. When you didn’t come out of your first class, I searched for you. You didn’t answer your cell phone, and you always answer that damn phone of yours.

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