Page 91 of What If I Knew You

Me

No.

Layken

Let me help you make an easy decision. He fucked Tish for like three weeks, gave her the syph, and then blamed it all on her. Trust me. You want to stay far away from that one.

Me

How on earth did you hear that?

Layken

Giiiirl, I have ears and I’m all over that building. #yourewelcome

Me

Thanks Lake.

Layken

Smooches babe. Good luck with Bodhi, whatever you decide.

Having nowhere to go to keep dry, and since I’m already soaked to the bone, I sit back down on the wet bench and pull my knees up to my chest while I wait for Bodhi to arrive. Rain drips down my forehead as I try to focus on the sounds of the water hitting the cement below me as well as the cars driving through puddles on the road.

I must be lost in thought because I don’t hear a car pull up and I don’t hear doors opening or closing but somehow Bodhi is here out of nowhere and is crouching down in front of me, his hands wrapping around the lower part of my legs.

“Corrigan…”

My breath catches when he says my name.

My actual name.

I lift my head and meet his gaze. “Bodhi.”

Tears immediately stream down my face though who can tell what’s rain and what’s tears at this point. The moment I take a deep breath we both begin saying all the things on our minds. “I’m so sorry, Bodhi. I didn’t mean t?—”

“I’m sorry, Corrigan. I should’ve told you from the begi?—”

“What? No.” I shake my head, my eyes growing in size. “You don’t owe me any?—"

“I swear to God I wasn’t using you,” he pleads. “I swear I didn’t know you were?—”

“Using ME? No Bodhi, I was afraid you thought I was usingyouand I?—"

“If I had just been honest from the?—”

“But I should’ve told you I recogn?—”

“You were just so damn nice to me and then?—”

“You trusted me with your secret and I never wanted to?—”

“You were all I thought about but?—”

“I wanted to tell y?—”

“I think I’m falling for you.”

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