Fallen Crest Public(128)

She paled even more, stumbling back another step.
I continued, “That’s what you told me earlier. Your mom won’t be back to the house until seven tomorrow morning. You had a gift for me, and we’d have your house to ourselves for the entire night. Your dad would go to some whore’s house after closing. Those were your words.”
“So? I mean …” She looked to Parker, who rolled her eyes and moved away. Kate shook her head. “This can’t be happening. Nate can’t do anything. He—all of you guys are here. I mean …”
Logan snorted. “You’re too slow to deal with us. You never should’ve tried.”
“Nate was at your house. That was him texting me. I gave him your password, sexcontrolsthemall. You never changed it. You told me it last summer. You laughed about it. Did you forget that? You should’ve remembered telling me. You should’ve changed it when I brought Sam around.”
“Sam,” Kate spewed out. “Her. This is all about her, isn’t it?”
“Yes.” Logan hit his palm against his forehead. “Are you seriously only now getting that? He worked you, Kate. You went after the woman he loves. He TOLD you he was going to f*ck you over. You didn’t listen. Listen now!” He laughed to himself. “You might pick up a few pointers for the next time a guy screws you over, and it’ll happen. You’re dumb enough to think you’re smart, but you’re not. You need to be smarter to realize how stupid you are.”
“Hey,” Parker started, but stopped.
Logan cut his gaze to her. When she couldn’t say anything, he nodded. “Exactly.”
“Stay out of this Logan,” Kate cursed at him. “This has nothing to do with you.”
An exasperated laugh ripped from him. “You took a video of me getting a blow job? AND you beat up my stepsister. Sam’s not loved by only Mason, you know. I care about her too. Any of this filtering in that thick head of yours? I can’t believe how you’re not shitting your pants right now. He hasn’t even gotten to the good part. Parker, grab a bucket. Stick it between her legs. Shit’s going to fall any second now.”
“ENOUGH.” Parker jerked forward a step and pulled Kate back to her. She glared at him. “She’s getting it. The guy she loved just stabbed her in the back. Let her figure it out without all the insults.”
“No.”
Logan opened his mouth, but stopped. All three turned back to me.
I said it again, “No. You don’t get to think like that. I’m not the guy she loved who turned out to be an *. I’ve always been an *, and I’ve never cared about her. I used her for sex. That was it. You don’t get to spin it how you’re doing it. I’ve been honest about that with her. I told her it was just sex with us. No girlfriend/boyfriend status. No lovers title on us. Sex. That was it.”
Parker glared at him. “We were your friends.”
“The group of you hung out with us, but you were never considered friends on my part. You kept the other girls away. That’s the only use I enjoyed from you. You were deterrents. That was all.”
“You’re such an *.” Parker wrapped her arms tighter around Kate. “It’ll be okay.”
“No, it won’t.”
“Would you stop?” Her eyes were heated now. “We got it. Nate broke into her email—”
“And put a virus on her computer,” Logan added. He began chuckling again. “You guys have nothing now.”
“We’re getting that, too.”
I nodded to Logan. It was time the rest joined the party. He sent another round of text messages to the guys, and I said, “Kate.” I knew each guy would share their own recording with her friends.