Believe Me: A Novel by JP Delaney

Author:JP Delaney [Delaney, JP]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Published: 2018-07-23T16:00:00+00:00

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Later, we lie entangled on the floor, sharing wine amid the debris of our clothes.

“Claire…There’s something I have to say to you,” he says softly. “Something important…You know the other day, we were talking about Stella?”

Involuntarily, I freeze. Then all those relaxation and centering exercises come into play.

“Yes?” I say, as casually as I can.

He touches my nipple curiously, squeezing it gently, turning it this way and that, as if it were a radio he has to tune to the precise, elusive wavelength he requires. “If Stella’s death has taught me anything, it’s a horror of secrets.”

Oh no.

“Do you have a secret, Patrick?”

I say it to him, but also to the microphone in my bag, just a few feet away.

“Yes,” he says. “Just one. Something I need to confess.”

The way he says it, so solemn and hesitant, tells me this is something big, something that really matters. He even seems nervous. And Patrick is never nervous.

Was Kathryn right after all? Have I got this all wrong?

I wait, as I’ve been taught. Silence is the best interrogator. My heart is thudding in my rib cage. He must be able to feel it through the tips of his fingers.

“I think I’m falling in love with you,” he says.

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