The Lies That Bind by Lisa Roecker

Author:Lisa Roecker
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
Published: 2012-09-11T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 23

What the hell was Seth doing at Taylor’s house? I smacked my forehead against the glass when I noticed his partner in crime. The better question was what the hell was my boyfriend doing with him?

By the time Taylor disarmed the security system and pulled the heavy front doors open, Seth was standing in front of the gate, bent in half, hands on his knees, chest heaving, back rising and falling like he’d just finished some sort of street race. And behind him stood Liam.

“What the hell are you guys doing here?” I called, narrowing my eyes just to be sure I was seeing who I thought I was seeing. Not only was it surreal to be spending time with Taylor Wright, but now my worlds were colliding.

“I found him running down Courtland,” Liam said, nodding toward the semi-main road. “I was afraid he’d get hit by a car or something.”

“I couldn’t”—heave, heave—“take the van”—gasp—“my mom’s at the store.”

A sheen of sweat covered Seth’s pale skin despite the cold, and I noticed that he’d taken extra care in selecting some Under Armour lounge clothes that matched his running shoes. I would have thought biking or even taking a bus would have been a better option, but that was kind of irrelevant at this point. “When you weren’t on the bus, I was worried. I used the GPS on your phone to track you here.”

“You installed a GPS tracker on my phone? Seriously?” I was equal parts impressed and horrified. Apparently Seth’s obsession with my whereabouts knew no bounds.

“You’re always running off and getting trapped in dangerous situations. I installed it when we drove Maddie home the other night.” Seth’s voice cracked, and his face was roughly the same color as his red sweatshirt.

“Good lord, just get it off my phone, okay? The last thing I need is you following me around.”

Seth looked wounded and I immediately felt guilty. The thing about Seth was that in spite of his early attempts to convince me to make out with him, he’d turned into a really amazing friend. And as sketchy as the GPS tracker might have been, he did sort of have a point.

Just as I was about to apologize and send the boys packing, Taylor shoved past me and yanked them both into the house. She slammed the door behind her and pressed a button to arm the security system.

Welcome to the house party of awkward.

“Actually we could use your help.” I looked over at Taylor in confusion after she said the words. She was kidding. She had to be kidding. Taylor, of course, was dead serious. Seth stopped mid-turn.

“We’re not here to help. We’re here to bring Kate home. Whatever you’ve got her involved in, she wants no part of it.” Liam had kept completely quiet up until this point, and he managed to keep his tone light, but there was nothing light about the way the tendons in his neck strained against the collar of his fleece.

“Kate is fine right where she is.

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