Depth of Lies by E. C. Diskin

Author:E. C. Diskin [Diskin, E. C.]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 9781542045735
Publisher: Thomas & Mercer
Published: 2017-09-25T16:00:00+00:00

After Dee left and Kat cleaned up the kitchen, she went off to bed and called Mack. It rang three times before he finally picked up.

“So, how is Dee?” Mack asked.

“That’s a loaded question. Hey, please promise me you’ll never cheat on me. No matter what, okay?”

“Wow, where is that coming from?”

“I’m just overwhelmed by how naive I’ve been. I’d never think that could happen to us, but I travel a lot, and you’re alone a lot. I didn’t think it could happen to my friends, either, but I was wrong.”

“We both know it’s a miracle you ever fell for a tech nerd. I’m not about to screw with that. I take it you’re referring to Dee and Charlie?”

“Yeah.”

“That’s not surprising, though, right? I mean, it’s Charlie. It’s not as surprising as some of the others.”

“Like who?”

Mack didn’t answer.

“Mack. You have to tell me! You’re my husband! We share secrets, remember. That’s the rule!”

He chuckled. “Okay, okay. I guess it doesn’t matter now. Ryan and Shea. I know he stepped out, you might say.”

“When? Why have I never heard this? Was it Dee?”

“Dee?” He chuckled. “That seems like a crazy leap.”

“You’d be surprised. Dee believes Shea and Charlie were having a thing, too. That’s a whole other story. Why didn’t you ever tell me about this?”

“Because Shea was your closest friend. That would have put you in a terrible position. Ryan told me at the luau party, last summer. We were smoking cigars in the backyard around midnight, and he asked me if I ever cheated. I said no, of course.”

“Good answer.”

“Right. And he said, ‘Well, don’t do it. Disaster. That’s all I’m saying.’ I didn’t press. I didn’t really want to know the details. I think I said, ‘Okay, I’ll remember that.’ We laughed, and he chugged his drink and walked off.”

The luau party had been such a happy occasion. Everyone was in a great mood, a celebration of Leigh and all her friends heading off to school. And Shea and Ryan were smiling, laughing, arm in arm as Ryan toasted his daughter. Why would he even think about such a thing that night?

Unless something—or someone—reminded him.

Lina said Shea had found an undergarment in his drawer after that party. Kat had sat in Ryan’s backyard just yesterday, and he’d been so sincere, assuring her that there had never been an affair, that Shea had been mistaken when she suspected something last fall. That it had been about porn. Was it all a lie?

Kat wished she could go back in time, to walk through that evening again, to notice what she might have missed.

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