“Except for the knife he took for me, right?” I ask and her face falls. I know Liz is lying. She’s done this before. Not to me because Donna would have thrown a fit that she was dragging Billy’s name through the mud but to other women in town. She makes up a lie she’s banging their boyfriend, husband, whatever, because she wants to break them up. Sometimes the woman is stupid enough to believe her and she leaves, giving Liz a clear shot at her man. It’s never because she wants a relationship. It’s because she likes the attention. When she gets it in her mind that she wants a man, she uses the same old tactics to get dicked down before she’s onto the next.
Wash, Rinse, Repeat.
I wasn’t lying when I said Liz was a whore.
She’s fucked half the of the eligible men in town with this trick. And many of the ineligible.
It’s not going to work with me. Julian isn’t a man, he’s a vampire and he’s obsessed with me. Even if I was going to believe an ounce of what she’s saying, it was before me and I don’t really give two fucks what Julian did before me.
He’s mine now.
“Get the fuck out of here with your bullshit lies, Liz. I’m not falling for it. Julian hasn’t touched you.”
She smiles and puts her hands on her hips. “But he has. I have proof.”
I turn my back on her and look at the ocean again for the woman. “Shove your proof up your ass.”
“The only thing that’s been up my ass is Julian. See?”
I sigh and look over my shoulder at her to see her holding up her phone. “What the fuck is that?” I hold out my hand. “Give it to me.”
“No, you’ll delete it.”
I give her a mean smile. “You’re not as dumb as you look. Ten points to your run through ass.” I point at the floor in front of me. “Then bring it to me.Now.”
Liz starts forward and that surprises me. I thought we had a good five minutes of bitch banter ahead of us. Liz shakes her head as she walks.
“What-how are you making me do this?”
“I’m not doing anything, you psycho.” I snatch the phone out of her hand when she’s close enough and look at the photo on the screen. There’s a man with his dick in his hand. The photo is from the neck down and I make a face at the size of it. “Who’s this shrimp?” Definitely not Julian.
“Julian.”
I laugh and toss her phone back to her. It hits her in the chest and bounces on the floor when she misses catching it. “The fuck it is. That’s not what he looks like and that,” I hold my fingers two inches together, “is not my husband. But you wouldn’t know that, would you? Is that all you’re pulling lately? Jesus, Liz.”
She flushes and snatches her phone up from the floor. “He’s supposed to be mine. I saw him first.”
Of all the things I expected to come out of her idiot mouth that wasn’t it.
“You saw him first? Are you trying to call dibs on a grown man?” I shake my head and point to the door. “Get out.”
“You did something to him,” she insists and points a finger at me, “you did something to him like you did something to Billy. Y-you’re a witch! I saw what you did to Billy.”
“A witch?” I laugh. “You really are pathetic. I didn’t do shit to Billy. He came to my house last night after I told him not to. I didn’t even talk to him so whatever fuck shit he got himself into has nothing to do with me.”
“He’s not okay. Not anymore, and you did it. He tried telling me what you did and he couldn’t. He’s terrified of you. H-he passed out last night.”
I give Liz a sidelong look. “Last night, huh? Minnie know he was with you last night?”
Liz instantly draws herself up to her full height. “They’re having problems. He’s not happy with her.”
I roll my eyes. “Get the fuck out of here, Liz.”
“No! You did something to Billy and you’re doing something to Julian. You have something on him, don’t you? You’re forcing him to be with you. I know you are. No one would ever want you. You’re evil, Maris.”
Anger flares in me. A ringing starts in my ears. I can’t hear Liz anymore, but she’s still talking. Fury brews, it makes my body go white hot. Liz’s mouth moves but it’s just the ringing in my ears that I hear. The ringing gets louder.
Why won’t she shut the fuck up? None of this has anything to do with her and she dared to lie about Julian?
