Dirty Liars by Eden Beck

Author:Eden Beck [Beck, Eden]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Young Adult
Goodreads: 46194300
Published: 2019-06-14T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 13

We head down a seldom used hallway to avoid any teachers who might be all too interested in where we’re going. She leads me through an old door I never noticed before and down several flights of stairs. I have a hell of a time on the stairs in the high heels she loaned me, but I’m just able to make it with a death grip on the railing. I fall behind her as she sails down them like a pro. Now I totally understand why Cinderella lost a shoe.

We make it down to the belly of the school after what feels like a century. It’s dark and dank, and it smells like it. I can hear water dripping here and there, and I’m not sure but I might have seen a rat scurrying past. It’s too dark to really tell for certain. I wonder what these rich kids can be thinking, having a party in a place like this, but then my doubts are shredded.

Victoria knocks the ‘shave and a haircut’ rhythm on a big metal door, and when it opens I’m stunned by what’s inside. There’s a large room that is part wine cellar, part tasting area, complete with multitudes of crystal stemware. There are comfortable chairs, tables, and soft glowing lights all along the walls and down the rows upon rows of wine that stretch off a short distance from the tasting area. It’s pristine, it’s warm, it’s designed exquisitely. This is the lap of luxury.

“How is a place like this in the school?” I ask in awe.

Victoria laughs. “This school is rooted in money, and money loves fine wine. Do you think the professors here drink the koolaid they try to serve all of us?” She adds as an afterthought, “Astor has the keys. Maybe it’s a perk of being a Hawthorne.”

Alisha and Laura are here, along with the holy trinity’s henchmen; Drake and Chris who were passing out burgers in the forest that night. Victoria takes a minute to look over the bottles of open wine on the counter and selects one.

“Oh, this one’s nice. It’s older than my grandmother.” She giggles and pours herself and me a glass. She turns to toast me, clinks her glass against mine, and then swallows most of what she poured for herself. She refills her glass and heads off to chat with the others while I gape at the surroundings.

Most everyone is in the tasting room at the front where we are right now, but there are more rooms leading off of this main one, and she heads into one of those and I follow. I don’t really know anyone out here that well, and since it’s basically impossible to hold a conversation with either Alisha or Laura, and Chris keeps looking at me like he’d enjoy kicking me in the shins, I follow.

She heads into a kitchen area laid out with food that pairs well with wine; meats, cheeses, crackers, and chocolates. Every part of my old self is screaming for me to find a plastic doggy bag for later.

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