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“I was emotionally vulnerable.”

“You screamed into the phone first thing in the morning.”

“I did not scream.”

“You sounded like a freaking guinea pig.”

I drink my coffee.

Mara looks at my face. Then she stops walking. I make it another three steps before realizing she isn’t beside me anymore. Her eyes narrow.

“You did something.”

“No.”

“You absolutely did.”

I turn around. “I do lots of things.”

“With Rowan.”

I suck in my bottom lip. I feel it happen and immediately know I have lost.

Mara’s jaw drops. “Oh my God.”

“Keep your voice down.”

“You fucked him.”

I look around the walkway. Two girls passing us glance over.

“Mara, be quiet.”

“You did.”

I shake my head. “I did not.”

She grabs my forearm with both hands. “Do not lie to me.”

“I’m not lying.”

Her face changes. Then changes again. “Oh.”

I start walking.

Mara catches up instantly. “Oh.”

“Stop saying oh.”

“You didn’t have sex.”

“No.”

“But something happened.”

I keep walking.

“Gianna.”