Famous by Association by Leddy Harper

Author:Leddy Harper [Harper, Leddy]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Publisher: Leddy Harper
Published: 2020-09-27T23:00:00+00:00

12

Jacoby

Tasha was on her back with her arm slung over her face when I returned. Her legs were straight out in front of her, and her mouth hung open. If I didn’t know better, I would’ve thought she was asleep. But since I’d only been out of the room for two minutes, I knew she wasn’t.

“Pizza will be here in fifteen to twenty minutes,” I said, plopping onto the cushion next to her feet. Without waiting for a response, I grabbed one foot and began to knead my thumbs into her heel. She didn’t have to tell me that she liked it, I could tell that by the way her body instantly relaxed.

She lifted her arm and rested it behind her head while regarding me with an unexpected emotion in her eyes. I’d anticipated returning to find her in the same mental state as when I left—which was slightly better than drooling on herself while rocking back and forth in a corner. However, the woman staring back at me now seemed filled with awe, consumed by gratitude. And I had no idea why.

“This was your plan all along, wasn’t it?” I teased, doing my best to lighten the mood in the room. “To get me to rub your feet. You did this on purpose; don’t even try to deny it.”

Her face lit up in genuine awe. “You caught me.”

“I knew it. I bet that phone call was completely staged.”

“Dang, I’ve got to get better at acting. Ex-specially since I’m supposed to convince everyone that I’m someone else.” Her exaggerated pronunciation made me laugh, but as soon as she started talking again, my laughter died on my lips. “And now that I know about my sister’s infidelity, pretending to be her is going to be way harder.”

“Wait. What?” Not that it came as any surprise, but the way she admitted it shocked me.

“Yeah. One of the girls made a comment today that didn’t sit well with me. She didn’t say it in front of anyone, but it was just the way she said it that had my stomach in knots. Then, on my way home, I called Ty to see what he knew about it. Turns out, she wasn’t wrong. Except it’s much worse than I thought. Tiffany didn’t just cheat on Adam…she cheated on Adam with one of the other girl’s husband.”

I didn’t have any words. Not because I thought that Tiffany was some standup individual who’d never cheat on her fiancé. It had more to do with how I viewed Tasha, and considering she was impersonating her sister, it left me with a bit of a confused reality.

“I just don’t know what to do. I don’t feel that my sister should get away with it. And what’s worse is she’s basically profiting from being a horrible person. But I can’t say anything. I can’t do anything. My hands are tied, and it makes me feel gross.”

As I continued to knead the soft arch of her foot, my mind spun with thoughts and ideas and suggestions that could help her out of this.

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