Page 104 of My Brother's Best Friend

I shook my head and walked out of the room. “Fuck you.”

CHAPTER64

ALEC

“That bitch isn’t here today,” Maddie said through her teeth.

“Who, Sandra?” I asked, shutting my locker and heading toward Spanish with Maddie.

“No, Piper.” Maddie arched a brow. “Why do you want to talk to Sandra anyway?”

“Because she’s the only person who’s had a thing for me,” I said.

I had been thinking about it all night, and I couldn’t stop thinking about the blonde wig that Sandra had stuffed in the back of her closet. She had bought it last Halloween for a costume that she didn’t end up wearing.

“And?”

“And what if it was her?”

“I don’t think it’s her,” Maddie said. “Half the school’s population likes you.”

“Maddie,” I grumbled.

She tucked some hair behind her ears and matted down the frizziness. “What?”

“You know that’s not true.”

Cue the longest and most dramatic eye roll that I had ever seen. “Are you serious?”

“Yes.”

“Do you not seeeveryonestaring at you?” she exclaimed, pointing toward a group of freshman girls who were huddled by a locker and giggling, their gazes locked on me.

They turned away, all embarrassed, and hurried down the hall in the opposite direction.

Honestly, I hadn’t even realized they were staring. All I cared about was Maddie.

“It could be anyone,” Maddie whispered.

“No,” I said. “It has to be someone that Spencer knew.”

“So … literally anyone with a vagina?”

“Maddie,” I sighed. “I’m trying to find the person who did this to us. Plus, you hate Sandra.”

She pressed her lips together and continued down the hallway of lockers. “I’m not trying to stop you from finding her, but I’m just telling you that Spencer used to sleep around with a lot of girls”—her voice dropped—“believe me.” Another sigh. “He even used to have a thing for Mrs. Dawson.”

“Our math teacher?”

“Yeah,” Maddie whispered. “She was extra flirty with him around me.”

“You think that they were sleeping together?”

“Think?” Maddie scoffed in disgust. “I walked in on it.”

“Cupcake …”

“It’s fine,” she said dismissively. “I’m over it. But it’s why I got so angry when I heard about your parents sleeping with guys from our school. It’s triggering, and I wanted to protect you because I love you.”

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