Page 214 of Pretty Little Lies

He believes me.

I don’t care how weak I feel when I see the words he just sent me, because I’m also relieved.

Reeve didn’t abandon me. He’s going to help figure this out and bring Torin back. Not so sure how we’re going to do that, but Reeve knows him better than anyone.

Than me.

And, it’s then, that I definitely and undoubtedly know that I’m in love with Reeve Stanton.

Period.

FIFTY-EIGHT

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GotYou On My Mindby NF plays off Levi’s radio as we make our way to the hospital to see Dad.

It’s only one of the things he and I have planned today. We’re a few days out from having to find a new place for me and the girls before Sheriff Muncy’s fat ass kicks us out and Vivian probably burns our place down. Levi also wanted to drive around and look at a few places that he had in mind that we might be able to afford.

He’s going to move in with us too to keep the house safer and since I know Dad ishisdad too, it only feels right. There’s no point for him to be away from us.

Even if it drives both Torin and Reeve insane.

Not that I think Torin needs much else going on, but he’s off his rocker right now and I’m terrified that he’s up to something.

“So, Matteo…” Levi starts, badly I might add, because he couldn’t just warm me up to this topic. “You wanna pull the trigger or me?”

“I want the video first.”

“And that’s going to do what exactly?” Levi cranes his head to look at me, but I’m already peering out the window and away from his judgment.

Nothing.

I’m not going to punish or scream at Torin for not believing me. I’m pretty sure I acted similarly when I found out Reeve and whoever entered my home to kill Dad.

Mind you, I didn’t have a gun waving around, but Torin used to violence and immediate answers.

I just don’t know how this is all going to add up and play out.

The only thing I have been experiencing is the opening of a new wound that got pried open to bleed out again.

And now I have to open a new one with the new information I’ve learned from Reeve.

“Did you know I was Penn Northcott’s granddaughter?”

I feel the air in the car tense off the last word and Levi’s gaze on my body. “Who told you that?”

“Reeve.” I can’t look at him because I’m afraid I’ll see the truth, so I wait for him to openly tell me. But even then, it’s one of the hardest things I’ve ever had to do, because it means I’m a player in this game, whether I was acting like one or not.

“Roger was supposed to tell you, Bay,” Levi mutters. “Not me. This was all supposed to be laid out. None of this was supposed to be a secret.”

“Why?” I glance over at him, needing his green eyes to comfort me in the way he knows how. “I can’t stay here.”

His brows crash before he steals a glance at me from the road. “You wanna bail?”

I’d never leave him.

In fact, I’d never abandon South Shore without Levi and my family at my side. But this…it’s getting too much, and I don’t know who else knows.

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