Chapter Sixty Six

GAVIN

When Lara called me earlier, I could already hear the panic in her voice. The quiet, rushed tone. The way she kept stumbling over words like they physically hurt to say.

She wanted me to lie to her mother. Decline a lunch invite. Keep her secret intact.

But where’s the fun in that?

I was supposed to spend Thanksgiving at Vaughn and Tessa’s. The usual drinks, good food, friends ripping me apa