Who We Were by Christy Sloat

Author:Christy Sloat [Sloat, Christy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Anchor Group Publishing
Published: 2014-09-14T21:00:00+00:00

Fourteen

I turned away and ran from him like I wanted to run from Nash’s truck when I saw another girl in it. Sure, it was silly, but I wanted to get away from him. I couldn’t face him. I couldn’t trust him. I couldn’t trust anyone. I turned a corner and ducked into a quiet coffee shop. Just as I got inside the door, Nolan ran past. I sat at a table and a cute waitress came over to take my order. I fished out the only money I had for the night and ordered a plain coffee. She smiled at me like she could see I was not having the best night. A few minutes later, she brought me a latte and a cookie. “On me,” she said with a kind smile.

I thanked her and slid down into the chair. The hot latte burned the pain I felt away. I was getting good at heartbreak lately. I could really handle shitty situations.

The chime on the door rang, and I looked up to see Nolan scanning the room for me. Once he spotted me, he bit his lip and came toward me slowly, afraid I was going to bolt. I considered it―that or throwing my latte at him and heading out the back door. I decided to sit still and see what he had to say, so I could act like I didn’t care.

He held out his hands. “Can I sit down?”

“I don’t know, can liars sit down?” I cocked my head.

He looked stunned for a second. “Liar? Me?”

“Yes, you, Nolan. You and your brother. Both liars.” I squared my shoulders and squinted my eyes. “Are you going to say that you never lied for your brother?”

He sat in front of me and scooted his chair closer to the table. “In my defense, he’s my brother. At first I didn’t even know you. He asked me to not mention Amelie, so I didn’t. I didn’t know what he was up to. He then told me that he and Amelie broke up.”

“Uh-huh. Go on.”

“Then at the party I saw that she was working that night on the ambulance squad. She was one of the people to load Lily in the back of the ambulance.”

She was there? I jogged my memory from that night and realized I did remember her.

“So, is that why he took off?” I asked.

“Yes. He saw her, and he knew he had to hightail it out of there or face the wrath of her questions. He was at a party when he told her he was hanging out with my dad. He lied to her.”

The puzzle was fitting together nicely now. Nash was a huge liar! His story to me about his mom dying wasn’t true. He took off because his girlfriend was there when just moments before, he was on top of me tickling me. I felt so stupid.

“What about the lie he told me that your mom died of cancer last year?” I asked.

“What? He said that to you?” Nolan questioned looking shocked.

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