Seductive Lies (Secret Lives Series) (60 page)

“
Wit
h
m
e
.
”
“
Wit
h
y
ou
?
”

“
K
ela
,
ca
n
y
o
u not
und
e
rs
ta
nd?
F
rom
t
he
b
e
g
i
nn
i
ng
i
t
w
a
s
y
ou
a
nd
I.
Wit
h
i
n
y
o
u now,
e
v
e
n
t
hough
y
o
u
w
ords
s
a
y
d
i
ff
e
r
e
n
t
,
y
ou
do
not
f
ea
r
m
e
,” h
i
s
h
a
nd
ca
r
e
ss
e
d
m
y f
ace
.
“
N
o,
y
o
u
don’t
f
ea
r
m
e
.
You
f
ee
l
t
he
pu
ll
,
t
he
cal
l
w
it
h
i
n
us.
U
s
.
K
ela
,
we
a
re bond
e
d
a
nd
h
a
ve
al
w
a
y
s
.”

“
Bond
e
d
?
Wit
h
y
o
u? You
w
a
nt
t
o
be
bond
e
d
w
it
h
a
g
i
r
l
?
I
know
of
no
o
t
h
e
r
e
x
ce
pt
m
y
bro
t
h
e
r.
Joh
a
nn
e
s
t
hought
p
e
r
c
h
a
n
c
e
I
w
a
s
t
o
b
attl
e
al
on
e
…,”
M
y
vo
ic
e
w
a
d
e
d
for
he shook
h
i
s
h
ea
d.

He
r
eac
h
e
d
down
a
nd
t
ook
m
y
h
a
nd
i
n
h
i
s.
He
brought
i
t
t
o
h
i
s
li
ps
a
nd
k
i
ss
e
d
it
.
“
Y
ou
h
a
ve
a
pow
e
r
w
it
h
i
n
y
o
u
t
h
a
t
f
e
w
h
a
ve
s
ee
n.
M
y
gr
a
nd
m
o
t
h
e
r
h
a
s
al
w
a
y
s
b
ee
n b
elie
v
e
d
t
h
a
t
t
he
bond
w
a
s
b
et
w
ee
n
u
s.
Wit
h
fo
ll
ow
i
ng
y
o
u w
it
h
i
n
t
he
t
unn
e
l
t
h
a
t
n
i
gh
t
,
t
he
b
la
st
wh
e
n
we
r
et
r
ie
v
e
d
y
o
u,
a
nd
i
f
t
he
le
g
e
nds
ho
l
d
t
o
be
t
ru
e
,
i
t
w
il
l
be
n
ee
d
e
d.
Do
y
ou
doubt
m
e
?
”

“
I
kn
o
w
of
no
o
t
h
e
r bon
d
s
t
h
a
t
f
i
nd
one
i
n
a
no
t
h
e
r’s
a
r
m
s.”

“
In
t
h
a
t
I’
l
l
a
d
m
i
t
.
It
m
a
y
p
l
a
y
t
h
a
t
I
s
hou
l
d
k
ee
p
m
y
h
a
n
d
s
off
of
y
o
u
,
but
i
n
t
h
a
t 
al
so
K
el
a
I
f
ee
l
dr
a
wn
t
o
y
ou
a
s
I
h
a
ve
n
e
v
e
r
b
ee
n
dr
a
wn
b
e
for
e
.
Tel
l
m
e
y
o
u
don’t
f
ee
l
i
t
al
so.”

“
H
ow
a
m
I
t
o
c
o
m
p
a
r
e
?
”

“
T
h
e
n
I
ta
ke
i
t
a
s
a
y
e
s.
I
don’t
w
a
nt
y
ou
c
o
m
p
a
r
i
ng.
I
w
a
nt
y
o
ur
e
y
e
s
on
l
y
on
m
e
,” he
la
ugh
e
d.
“
T
h
i
s
i
s
good,
but
b
e
w
a
r
e
,
K
ela
.
I
h
a
ve
not
t
he
b
e
st
of
te
m
p
e
rs
a
nd
m
y p
atie
n
c
e
i
s
none
e
x
i
s
te
nt
a
t
time
s.
I
put
no
t
h
i
ng
i
n
front
of
m
y
m
i
ss
i
on.
No
t
h
i
ng.”

“
N
eit
h
e
r
do
I.”

H
i
s
h
a
nd
found
m
y
f
ac
e
a
g
ai
n.
“
I
n
t
h
i
s
I
kn
o
w
we
a
re
t
o
f
i
ght
t
og
et
h
e
r,
be
t
og
et
h
e
r, K
ela
.
I
don’t
know
w
h
y
K
i
ng
E
du
l
f h
a
s
h
i
dd
e
n
y
o
u
for
t
h
e
se
y
e
a
rs.
I
don’t
know
wh
y
, but
I
do
kn
o
w
t
h
a
t
we
a
re
go
i
ng
t
o
t
he
P
a
y
e
l
a
ga D
e
s
e
r
t
.
I
w
a
nt
y
ou
t
h
e
re
w
it
h
m
e
.”