Chapter 14
Ali Kat
Ali Kat:Roses are red, violets are blue, Hollywood men suck, and country boys do too.
Eva:Could you be any more dramatic?
Ali Kat:It’s true. It’s all true.
Eva:You had a rough tumble. It’s what you get for screwing the working class.
Ali Kat:Elitist much?
Eva:I didn’t say that was a bad thing. I’ve screwed my share of pool boys.
Of course, the concept of actually having sex with someone because you enjoy their company completely eludes Eva. Being born of Hollywood royalty, she was presented with a jaded view on love, every coupling done with motive and never emotion.
Ali Kat:This wasn’t just getting laid. I thought there was something real between us.
Eva:You wanted to date him?
Ali Kat:No.It was a fling—but more than a fling. Or I thought it would be. He was supposed to be different from the others. At first, I thought he just liked it rough. He was respectful but urgent. But after…I was humiliated. I couldn’t show my face at dinner the last two nights, which is practically a crime with my parents.
Eva:Show him who runs the show. Fuck his best friend.
Ali Kat:His best friend is my brother!
Eva:Oh, shit—forgot about that. He has a sister, you said? Fuck her.
Ali Kat:Can you just try to be normal?
Eva:Why be ordinary when you can be extraordinary?
Ali Kat:There’s nothing extraordinary about screwing your brother, unless, say, you produce an offspring, and they’re born with a third eye and an extra limb.
Eva:You really took this conversation in a gross direction.
Ali Kat:I did? Have you ever tried listening to yourself?
Eva:Well, I’m off to get a foreskin facial.
Ali Kat:Oh—come on! And you call me gross.
Eva:Sandra Bullock and Cate Blanchett were spotted getting them. Grow up.
The line goes dead, and I’m left alone with my inner turmoil.
For the last six years, Eva’s been my best friend and closest confident.She stepped in to fix my hair at an award show when my stylist botched my coloring and made me look like a leopard, and we just kind of clicked. She was a known party girl and made me look exciting, and I boosted her status, taking her from Hollywood offspring to ‘It girl.’
But now, we’re so far apart it feels like we’re on separate planets, and I don’t mean physically. She clearly has no clue what I’m going through, having never known more than lust for a man, or the desire to spend all their money.
I exhale, grabbing a bucket of feed and heading to the goat pen.
“You said you were only gonna be ten minutes,” Jake snaps.
I cross my arms over my chest. “I’ve been out here since eight. I’ve earned a breather. Besides, it’s Sunday.”
“Well, the quicker we finish—”
