Dare You to Lie by Amber Lynn Natusch

Author:Amber Lynn Natusch
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Tom Doherty Associates

TWENTY-ONE

Garrett nearly tore the door off the hinges trying to get inside. I unlatched the dead bolt to let him in. He burst through the door, looking ready to throw down against a threat that wasn’t there.

“What happened?” he asked, searching the room. Then he took a step forward and heard the crinkle of paper beneath his feet. He looked down at the evidence there and cringed. Then he pulled me into his arms and held me tight. “I’m so sorry, Ky.”

“Whoever stole the file did this,” I said, trying to focus on the mystery at hand rather than my rising emotions and the fear snaking its way up my spine.

He let me go so he could assess my expression. I’d told him about the stolen file earlier that day, so he knew about that. What he didn’t know—what I’d withheld at the time—was what that file had contained.

And it hadn’t been a slew of topless pics.

“Meg got me a copy of your dad’s notes from the boob scandal. That’s the file that was stolen from my car. And that,” I said, pointing at the manila folder, “is the exact folder she gave me, present contents excluded.” He glanced down at the evidence strewn across the floor, then quickly looked back to me. “They all say the same thing: ‘Next time will be worse.’”

“This is getting out of control, Ky,” he said, stepping off the pile of photos to pace around the room. He raked his fingers through his hair—something he’d always done when he couldn’t work through a problem in his head. Or when he knew the answer and didn’t want to acknowledge it.

“I need to call your dad. I just … I wanted you to be here. My last meeting with him was strained, to say the least. I thought maybe your being here might help.”

He let out a mirthless laugh.

“Help? Yeah … I don’t think me being here will help at all, not that it matters.”

He wouldn’t look at me—not a good sign. So I stepped into his path, moving into his way whenever he tried to sidestep me.

“Spill it, Higgins. You’re not telling me something. If this is about what’s happening, then I need to know.”

“It’s about my dad,” he started, looking past me to the plywood window in the living room.

I felt my hackles slowly rise.

“What about your dad?”

“I don’t think there’s any point in showing him those,” he said, pointing to the mess of photos. “Just like I don’t think there was any point in you reporting your car break-in … or Gramps’ broken window, for that matter.” He hesitated for a second, finally looking down at me with guilt-ridden eyes. The longer he waited, the more I felt like I’d explode if he didn’t speak. “And I’m starting to think there was never any point in you reporting what happened to you freshman year.…”

I looked up at Garrett’s worried face, my mouth agape. I could hardly believe what I was hearing. That night,

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