“Related as in distant cousin related?”
“Related as in secret half-sibling-to-Fallon-and-Trevor-Montgomery related.”
Her mouth falls open. “No shit?”
“No shit. I’m still getting used to everything, and I’m trusting you not to spread it around.”
Renee mimes zipping her lips. “I’m good with secrets. But I do have so many questions I want to ask.”
“I know, but can it wait? I promise to tell you everything later. For now, I want to go have some fun. I’m looking forward to hanging out with you tonight. Since you and Cam were friends, you should know how much of a loner I used to be.”
Renee sighs. “I miss him.”
“Me too.”
She hits me with a revelation. “I used to be jealous of you.”
I can’t stop the loudpfftI make. “What the hell for? I’m nobody.”
“Not to Cam. He was so in love with you. I had such a crush on him.”
I figured she did but hearing her say Cam was in love with me has me staring at her in disbelief. “No, he wasn’t. I mean, we loved each like best friends do.”
“Nah-uh. Cam was starry-eyed over you. He would talk to me a lot, mostly about advice on how he could get you to notice him more than just a friend. It drove him nuts being friend-zoned with you.”
Her words give me pause. “He never said anything.”
“We both know that wasn’t Cam’s style. He was afraid if he said anything, he’d lose you as a friend.”
I think about that. Would it have changed how I acted around him if I knew he had feelings for me? I loved Cam, but I wasn’tin lovewith him. Not like I am with JD. Shit. Now I feel guilty.
“I think the two of you would have made a great couple,” I tell her, changing the subject.
“Me too. I hate that we never got the chance. Fuck. Sorry. We’re getting all high drama and weepy here.”
“Maybe you’ll meet someone new tonight?” I say to lighten the mood. “You like tattooed adrenaline junkies, right?”
“Truth? I’m more of a bang-it-and-clang-it girl. I like my guys rough and once. No repeats.”
“Basically, you’re saying that you like sex,” I state, thinking to myself,you go girl.
It took JD to awaken my sexuality, and I never want to put that genie back in its bottle. But only with him. No one else. The way JD plays my body like his own musical instrument is just too damn good to give up.
“Stick with me, kid, and I’ll corrupt you in no time,” Renee jokes, looping her arm through mine.
“I think JD may have beaten you to that.” I slap my hand over my mouth.
“I think he already has based on how red your face is right now.”
“I’ll never kiss and tell.”
“You don’t have to. Anyone with eyes can see that JD is a walking, talking sex dream. I bet he gives great oral with those pouty lips.”
I start coughing out a wheeze of air that I suck in accidentally. “Okay. Rule #1,” I choke out. “No talking about how good my boyfriend may or may not be at oral or in bed.”
“Who said anything about a bed? There are other surfaces, you know.”
“Renee!”
