Page 44 of Keeping Our Secrets

Then he swung me into his arms and took me into the shower where he had his way with me again.

CHAPTER 18

Mairi

This morning Liam was gone before I woke up. James had secured a tee time for them at the St. Andrews Old Course, so they had to leave bright and early. I was growing increasingly tired as the days went on so I planned on sleeping as late in the morning as I could while he was gone.

I had just rolled over in my bed when my phone buzzed next to me.

Unknown:

Hey, this is Miranda.

I hope you don’t mind, but I stole your number from Liam’s phone.

Why the hell would she want to contact me? Before I responded, I added her to my contacts so that I knew who the texts were from.

Me:

Hi. No big deal.

Miranda:

What’re you doing today?

Me:

Nothing. Probably just reading my new book.

Miranda:

Boring! No Liam today?

Me:

He’s playing golf with his dad.

Miranda:

Then let’s have a girls day!

I thought about it for a moment. In the past couple weeks she had been hanging around more and was nice to me when she was there. So I really didn’t have a reason to distrust her intentions. It would be nice to have friends here that were girls.

A female other than my mom to talk to.

Me:

Okay.

Miranda:

You know where the Princes Street Mall is right?

Me:

Yep.

Miranda:

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