Piper:Why are you so angry at me?
Jordan T. Willis:You are such a slut.
Piper:I’m sorry you feel that way— I don’t know why you think that.
Jordan T. Willis:You ruined everything.
Piper:How?
Jordan T. Willis:You were mine, and now you are dirty.
Piper looks confused. I don’t blame her. I am too. Carter pauses his typing and looks up at me. He wants to ask the question, but he is going to let me do it.
“Piper, I know we asked before— but are you sure you weren’t seeing anyone,” I ask her gently. I know she has no reason to lie.
“No, I haven’t had a boyfriend in years— haven’t even gone on a date,” she mumbles. Her cheeks turning red.
I massage her shoulders. “It’s okay, lets keep it moving. Don’t want him to get antsy,” I say to her. I know she wants to move on. She nods.
Piper:How was I yours?
Jordan T. Willis:We used to see each other every day. Secretly, I know we were together. How could you leave me?
Piper:Where did I see you?
Jordan T. Willis: At our spot.
Piper looks at me helplessly. She is running out of things to say to him. Her eyes glint suddenly with an idea.
Piper:Maybe we should meet somewhere.
“Piper,” I grit out, “you aren’t going to meet him anywhere,” I say lowly. She turns and looks up at me.
“Look, I know it isn’t ideal— but I wouldn’t be alone. I would just pretend that I was alone. You all can be hiding,” she looks up at me, her hazel eyes sucking me in. I sigh. I take a deep breath.
“Let’s see what he says,” I offer. I’m not sure about any of this, but having her in a 50 mile radius of this guy would be too close. I look at her screen again, and see he hasn’t responded.
“Maybe he got spooked,” Sterling offered. He is sitting at the other end of the table, his arm around the back of Meg’s chair.
“Carter, have you been able to get anything yet,” I ask. Wondering if it was enough. I have to admit, I don’t know as much about this stuff as he does.
“Well, I have it narrowed down to a 10 mile radius. I need a little more time to dial it in,” he explains. Piper gasps and I look down to see that he has responded.
Jordan T. Willis:I don’t know. How can I trust you?
Piper:You know me.
“Yeah, that’s a good response. Feed into his delusion,” Meg is nodding and I can’t help but agree with her. She is right.
Jordan T. Willis: I do.
Piper:Then you know I wouldn’t do that to you.
Jordan T. Willis: I have missed us.
“Keep it going, agree with him. Say you have missed him too,” Meg prods. Piper taps out the response quickly.
Piper:I miss us too. Let’s fix that. We don’t need to miss anything.
