Page 63 of Play It Sinful

“I wanted to surprise you.”

“What kind of music do you play?” I ask.

“Punk rock, right?” Sean replies.

She nods. “Yep. I can’t wait to play for you tonight. We’ve been rehearsing nonstop!”

“We’re gonna rock,” Lola chimes in, then turns to us. “Jell-O shots?”

“Sure. Why not?” I say.

Lola gives us one shot each, and then Sean goes after a beer. I decide that I’ll refrain from drinking more tonight so I can drive home. I’m not in the mood to get drunk.

“I’m gonna walk around the party,” I tell Kenzie.

“I’ll come with you.”

Sean has his back to us, so I can’t make eye contact. I don’t know if he heard us over the loud music. I can’t ask him to join us though. That would be strange to Kenzie. He almost gave it away today when he winked at me in front of her.

Now that I’m alone with Kenzie, I can try to get the truth from her. She’s been evading me since her return to the States. “So, are you going to tell me why you moved back to Boston?”

“You’re not going to give up, are you?”

“Nope.”

She drags me to a corner and turns to me. “Fine. I’ll tell, you but you can’t say a word to Sean.”

“I promise.”

“Do you remember Tori, my closest friend in London?”

“Of course. You were inseparable.”

Kenzie takes a deep breath. “I did something bad. I hooked up with her boyfriend.”

My eyes bug out. “Nooo. When?”

“When I got back from summer break. Tori was still visiting her family in Australia. I bumped into her boyfriend at a party, we got hammered, and then… well.”

“Did you tell her?”

She shakes her head. “No. I took the coward’s way out and moved back to Boston. I feel horrible.”

“People make mistakes.”

“You don’t think I’m a bad person, do you?”

I throw an arm around her shoulders. “No. I wouldn’t think you were a bad person even if you had been screwing her boyfriend behind her back for months. You’re my sister, Kenzie. I’ll always be on your side.”

“Stop it. You’re gonna make me cry.”

“You can cry if you want to,” I joke.

“Damn it, Ash. Now I have that stupid song in my head.”

I laugh. “You should add that to your setlist.”

“That’s a quick fuck no.”

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