Love, Lex by Avery Aster

Author:Avery Aster
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
ISBN: 9781497465145
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 2014-04-10T04:00:00+00:00

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Whack! Taddy slapped Vive.

Under normal circumstances, Vive probably would’ve smashed Taddy’s pretty face into the wall. But stupid she was not. After all we’d been through together and all the times we’d stood by her, she knew better.

“Stop.” Vive blocked Taddy’s second strike.

“What the frick—” Ready to throw a punch, Taddy pulled back.

“No, Taddy!” I grabbed her arm. Her skin felt sticky.

Heaving, we waited for Vive to catch her breath. She tried to speak.

“Go on. Whaddya got to say for yourself?” Taddy said.

“I told Daddy, the lawyer, and the DA, no.”

“Good. Thank you, Vive.” I felt so relieved.

“I said we won’t give false testimony.” Vive pushed her ashy blonde hair back from her sweaty face. My underarms were moist too. All these emotions flying around us caused me to sweat. Plus the air conditioning had shut off some time ago.

“Did you tell Dick that you and Taddy wanted to be tried separately?” I asked.

“Yes.” Shame darkened her eyes.

“Jesus Christ, Vive,” Taddy shouted.

“I told Mr. Shapiro…you and I will tell the truth. We had no idea any explosion was planned.”

“Because it wasn’t.” Suddenly I realized the importance of assembling my own defense team. “If Dad can’t help us in time, Blake might.” Blake was my number two call. After I was only able to get a hold of Dad’s manager, I’d called Blake as back-up. I’d begged him to go to the hospital, talk to Mom. “Maybe he could convince Birdie to tell the authorities she’d started the fire and not me. Then we’d be cleared of all charges.”

Vive’s bitter face soured even more.

Was it a stretch? Absolutely! But I had faith in Blake.

Ever since Blake had come out of the closet about being gay to Birdie, they’d had a super-glue bond. We were like fifteen.

Next to Cher, Birdie Easton had one of the largest gay followings in the world. She lived for her gays and had taken Blake under her liberal wing ages ago. She’d helped his conservative New England parents deal with his homosexuality.

Point being, Mom adored him.

“When will Blake talk to Birdie?” Taddy asked.

“Assuming Birdie is awake, Blake should be visiting her right now.”

“Blake is a better choice to talk to Birdie than Eddie.” Taddy seemed to have more confidence in this idea than Vive.

Vive sighed loudly and dried her eyes with her sleeve. “Maybe it’s good Eddie isn’t here at first. Know what I mean? He’d only make matters worse for you—”

“For all of us.” Taddy corrected her. “You better get your dad and Dick to spring Lex when we get out Vive. I mean it. I’ll never speak to you again if you don’t.”

“Heard ya the first time. And you can shut up along with Lex. The both of you, stop talking to me.” Vive’s lips trembled. “I need to think.”

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